How much revenue did A-Star Theft make?

$612–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did A-Star Theft sell?

Q: How many copies did A-Star Theft sell?

446 to 725 copies, based on its 18 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 446–725; $612–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 18 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 A-Star Theft and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A-Star Theft's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 86k–91k

best case 2.1M (Mafia III: Definitive Edition)

Games like A-Star Theft

A typical game among these

≈ 86k–91k copies

≈ $638k after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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.

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

Best case: Mafia III: Definitive Edition at ≈ 1.6M–2.6M copies, ≈ $13.2M–$35.5M 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 913 reviews in their first month; the range was 824 to 32k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (6 of 8) and Stealth (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shooter, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Third Person + Shooter + Assassin; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 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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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin 2007	Est. copies ≈ 311k–506k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $770k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$8.99	5k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
Prison Simulator Prologue 2021	Est. copies ≈ 72k–116k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionSingleplayer
Intravenous 2: Mercenarism 2024	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	TacticalRealistic
Mafia III: Definitive Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.2M–$35.5M after Steam's cut $24.0M–$54.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	64k reviews Mixed	CrimeOpen World
HITMAN™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	37k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
Hitman: Absolution™ 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M 23x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.2M–$59.6M after Steam's cut $40.3M–$91.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	64k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
Intravenous 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $652k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	TacticalShooter
Prison Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $346k–$930k after Steam's cut $629k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	RPGCasual