How much revenue did Automata Break make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Automata Break sell?

Q: How many copies did Automata Break sell?

397 to 645 copies, based on its 16 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 397–645; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 16 reviews (Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Automata Break and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Automata Break's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 277k–1.0M

best case 13.1M (7 Days to Die)

Games like Automata Break

A typical game among these

≈ 277k–1.0M copies

≈ $1.3M–$4.9M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: 7 Days to Die at ≈ 9.9M–16.2M copies, ≈ $123.1M–$331.0M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 10k reviews in their first month; the range was 983 to 327k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (5 of 8) and Tower Defense (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Shooter, priced around $27. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Classic + Team-Based; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2000 to 2024, and 2 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Counter-Strike 2000	Est. copies ≈ 16.6M–26.9M 27x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $45.5M–$122.3M after Steam's cut $82.7M–$188.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	262k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionFPS
Orcs Must Die! Unchained 2017	Est. copies ≈ 210k–341k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayTower Defense
Bloons TD Battles 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	29k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayTower Defense
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed 2020	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $749k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Co-op CampaignAction-Adventure
Sanctum 2011	Est. copies ≈ 213k–345k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $584k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense FPS
Outpost: Infinity Siege 2024	Est. copies ≈ 338k–550k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	14k reviews Mixed	Robots3D
Sanctum 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 910k–1.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.1M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense FPS
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.2M 41x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $123.1M–$331.0M after Steam's cut $223.8M–$509.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	401k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies