How much revenue did XF5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter make?

$238–$642 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did XF5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter sell?

Q: How many copies did XF5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $238–$642 after Steam's cut $433–$988 before Steam's cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Only 5 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 XF5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including XF5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–5.7M

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like XF5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–5.7M copies

≈ $13.2M–$46.0M after Steam's cut

from ~33k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.2M–11.7M copies, ≈ $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 13k reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 20k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Space (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut $143.6M–$326.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	147k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Elite Dangerous 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.5M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.9M–$77.8M after Steam's cut $52.6M–$119.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	108k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSpace
Hardspace: Shipbreaker 2022	Est. copies ≈ 557k–905k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.4M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	22k reviews Very Positive	SpaceSci-fi
X4: Foundations 2018	Est. copies ≈ 920k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.0M after Steam's cut $23.0M–$52.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSimulation
Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.0M–$35.0M after Steam's cut $23.6M–$53.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSpace
Empyrion - Galactic Survival 2020	Est. copies ≈ 854k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	34k reviews Mostly Positive	Simulation Co-op
Star Trek™: Starfleet Academy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6k–11k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $36k–$96k after Steam's cut $65k–$148k before Steam's cut	$19.99	133 reviews Very Positive	SimulationSpace Sim
Spacetime Dimension 2022	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $34–$91 after Steam's cut $61–$140 before Steam's cut	$0.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	CasualSimulation