How much revenue did Spaceflux make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Spaceflux sell?

Q: How many copies did Spaceflux sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 90 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut; from 90 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–8k

best case 294k (AMID EVIL)

Games like Spaceflux

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–8k copies

≈ $5k–$23k after Steam's cut

from ~126 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.

Best case: AMID EVIL at ≈ 224k–363k copies, ≈ $1.2M–$3.3M 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 60 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 792.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arena Shooter (8 of 8) and FPS (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Arena Shooter, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Fast-Paced + Spectacle fighter + Old School; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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 70 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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HYPER DEMON 2022	Est. copies ≈ 84k–136k 27x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $345k–$928k after Steam's cut $628k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	FPSArena Shooter
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AMID EVIL VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $39k–$106k after Steam's cut $71k–$162k before Steam's cut	$19.99	288 reviews Very Positive	Arena ShooterBoomer Shooter
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