How much revenue did Nienix: Cosmic Warfare make?

$48k–$130k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nienix: Cosmic Warfare sell?

Q: How many copies did Nienix: Cosmic Warfare sell?

9k to 14k copies, based on its 355 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–14k; $48k–$130k after Steam's cut $88k–$200k before Steam's cut; from 355 reviews (Very 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 Nienix: Cosmic Warfare and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nienix: Cosmic Warfare's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–6k

best case 433k (Relic Hunters Zero: Remix)

Games like Nienix: Cosmic Warfare

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–6k copies

≈ $9k–$24k after Steam's cut

from ~149 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Relic Hunters Zero: Remix at ≈ 330k–536k copies. 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 108 reviews in their first month; the range was 35 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Looter Shooter (6 of 8) and Action Roguelike (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Programming + Tactical RPG, priced around $7. The breakout hits carry Action RPG + Character Customization; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 61 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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