How much revenue did Vermitron make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Vermitron sell?

Q: How many copies did Vermitron sell?

595 to 967 copies, based on its 24 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 595–967; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 24 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 Vermitron and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Vermitron's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–11k

best case 192k (X-Morph: Defense)

Games like Vermitron

A typical game among these

≈ 5k–11k copies

≈ $17k–$53k after Steam's cut

from ~204 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: X-Morph: Defense at ≈ 146k–237k copies, ≈ $803k–$2.2M 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 58 reviews in their first month; the range was 29 to 122.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Top-Down Shooter (6 of 8) and Tower Defense (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Strategy + Arena Shooter + Local Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2023, 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 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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Yet Another Zombie Defense HD 2017	Est. copies ≈ 128k–208k 18x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $140k–$377k after Steam's cut $255k–$580k before Steam's cut	$3.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesTop-Down Shooter
Armed to the Gears 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut	$4.99	215 reviews Mixed	Top-Down ShooterTower Defense
VERSUS SQUAD 2016	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $53k–$143k after Steam's cut $97k–$220k before Steam's cut	$7.99	583 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionGore
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X-Morph: Defense 2017	Est. copies ≈ 146k–237k 21x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $803k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Slaycation Paradise 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before Steam's cut	$14.99	193 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionShooter
Frontline Zed 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$132k before Steam's cut	$11.99	337 reviews Mixed	IndieAction
Gore Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$2.99	69 reviews Very Positive	ActionShoot 'Em Up