How much revenue did Space Crisis make?

$55–$146 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Space Crisis sell?

Q: How many copies did Space Crisis sell?

25 to 40 copies, based on its 1 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25–40; $55–$146 after Steam's cut $100–$224 before Steam's cut; from 1 review (1 user reviews); Only 1 review 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 Crisis and predicted how it would do from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Space Crisis's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–28k

best case 76k (Will Glow the Wisp)

Games like Space Crisis

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–28k copies

≈ $12k–$37k after Steam's cut

from ~193 reviews

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

1 of the 7 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Will Glow the Wisp at ≈ 58k–94k copies, ≈ $31k–$85k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 16 reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 26.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Side Scroller (7 of 7) and Platformer (6 of 7).
The winners: Winners here lead with Side Scroller + Bullet Hell, priced around $2.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of the 7 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Will Glow the Wisp 2017	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k 8.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $31k–$85k after Steam's cut $57k–$130k before Steam's cut	$1.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerBullet Hell
Welcome Back To 2007 Part II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $20k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before Steam's cut	$4.99	487 reviews Mixed	IndieCasual
Asteroid Drift 2024	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $591–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$2.99	29 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerRacing
Jet Kave Adventure 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before Steam's cut	$14.99	135 reviews Very Positive	PlatformerSide Scroller
Spectacular Sparky 2021	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 Very Positive	ActionPlatformer
Monsti 2016	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$0.99	663 reviews Mixed	IndieCasual
Cave Runner 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$11.99	50 reviews Mixed	Side ScrollerPrecision Platformer