How much revenue did Deliver Us Mars make?

$621k–$1.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Deliver Us Mars sell?

Q: How many copies did Deliver Us Mars sell?

75k to 122k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 75k–122k; $621k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Mostly 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 Deliver Us Mars and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deliver Us Mars's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.7M–6.8M

best case 23.2M (Half-Life 2)

Games like Deliver Us Mars

A typical game among these

≈ 2.7M–6.8M copies

≈ $47.4M–$94.8M after Steam's cut

from ~136k 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: Half-Life 2 at ≈ 17.7M–28.8M copies, ≈ $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 32k reviews in their first month; the range was 11k to 93k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sci-fi (8 of 8) and First-Person (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Sci-fi, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2004 to 2025, 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Half-Life 2 2004	Est. copies ≈ 17.7M–28.8M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut $88.4M–$201.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	280k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction
Starfield 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $59.8M–$160.9M after Steam's cut $108.8M–$247.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	175k reviews Mixed	SpaceSingleplayer
Halo: The Master Chief Collection 2019	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $83.3M–$223.9M after Steam's cut $151.4M–$344.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	263k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackFPS
Prey 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.5M–$41.8M after Steam's cut $28.2M–$64.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	55k reviews Very Positive	Sci-fiImmersive Sim
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $41.3M–$111.2M after Steam's cut $75.2M–$171.0M before Steam's cut	$69.99	87k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
Black Mesa 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $19.8M–$53.2M after Steam's cut $35.9M–$81.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	145k reviews Very Positive	FPSRemake
Split Fiction 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $43.4M–$116.6M after Steam's cut $78.8M–$179.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	127k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opSplit Screen
Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $27.7M–$74.3M after Steam's cut $50.3M–$114.4M before Steam's cut	$59.99	68k reviews Very Positive	Story RichRPG