How much revenue did Space Wave Race make?

$81–$220 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Space Wave Race sell?

Q: How many copies did Space Wave Race sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $81–$220 after Steam's cut $148–$338 before Steam's cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Only 3 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Space Wave Race and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Space Wave Race's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–2k

best case 25k (Reality Break)

Games like Space Wave Race

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–2k copies

≈ $3k–$7k after Steam's cut

from ~47 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Reality Break at ≈ 19k–30k copies, ≈ $129k–$346k 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 30 reviews in their first month; the range was 12 to 476.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Space (5 of 8) and Arcade (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Spaceships, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Spaceships + Rogue-lite + Loot; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 3 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 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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Psycho Starship Rampage 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $39k–$88k before Steam's cut	$9.99	158 reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteShoot 'Em Up
Reality Break 2025	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k 16x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $129k–$346k after Steam's cut $234k–$532k before Steam's cut	$24.99	755 reviews Very Positive	Action RPGSci-fi
Exocraft 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k 7.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	356 reviews Mixed	SpaceshipsMassively Multiplayer
Lost Astronaut 2020	Est. copies ≈ 918–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $502–$1k after Steam's cut $913–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	37 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerSpace
Curved Space 2021	Est. copies ≈ 967–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$19.99	39 reviews Positive	Arena ShooterShoot 'Em Up
Vostok 2061 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$9.99	54 reviews Mixed	Shoot 'Em UpAction
Hyper Space 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$4.99	53 reviews Very Positive	ArcadeCasual
SUPERVERSE 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$9.99	47 reviews Mostly Positive	Bullet HellShoot 'Em Up