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How many copies did Space Shooter sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 149–242
$41–$109 after Steam's cut $74–$168 before Steam's cut
from 6 reviews (6 user reviews)
Only 6 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 Shooter and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Space Shooter's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–45k
best case 92k (Army of Ruin)
Games like Space Shooter

A typical game among these

≈ 12k–45k copies

≈ $35k–$73k after Steam's cut

from ~389 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: Army of Ruin at ≈ 70k–114k copies, ≈ $154k–$413k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 212 reviews in their first month; the range was 23 to 1k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Bullet Hell (8 of 8) and Shoot 'Em Up (8 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $8.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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2020
Est. copies
≈ 22k–36k
2.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$75k before Steam's cut
$2.99
886 reviews
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Bullet HellShoot 'Em Up
Stellar Interface
2016
Est. copies
≈ 9k–15k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
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$33k–$89k after Steam's cut $61k–$138k before Steam's cut
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Bullet HellShoot 'Em Up
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2023
Est. copies
≈ 70k–114k
7.2x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$154k–$413k after Steam's cut $279k–$635k before Steam's cut
$7.99
3k reviews
Very Positive
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Star Saviors
2016
Est. copies
≈ 70k–114k
4.3x vs typical
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Est. revenue
$38k–$103k after Steam's cut $70k–$158k before Steam's cut
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CounterAttack: Uprising
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SteamSpy under 20k
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Est. copies
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SteamSpy 20k–50k
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Est. copies
≈ 14k–23k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
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$19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$80k before Steam's cut
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Est. copies
≈ 9k–14k
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343 reviews
Mixed

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