How many copies did SPACE / MECH / PILOT sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 481 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did SPACE / MECH / PILOT make?

SPACE / MECH / PILOT is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is SPACE / MECH / PILOT?

Estimated owners: ≈ 12k–19k; from 481 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left SPACE / MECH / PILOT out and predicted the genre from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including SPACE / MECH / PILOT's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 43k–125k

best case 489k (NGU IDLE)

Games like SPACE / MECH / PILOT

The middle of these games

≈ 43k–125k copies

≈ $35k–$113k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

5 of your 7 similar games are hits.

Best case: NGU IDLE at ≈ 373k–606k copies.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (5 of 7) and Idler (5 of 7).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Clicker.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, and 2 of your 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).

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FACEMINER 2025	Est. copies ≈ 38k–62k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $84k–$226k after Steam's cut $153k–$347k before the cut	$7.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ClickerSimulation
Fishing The Abyss 2024	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$85k before the cut	$6.99	430 reviews Very Positive	IndieCasual
Chicken Assassin: Reloaded 2016	Est. copies ≈ 45k–72k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $61k–$165k after Steam's cut $111k–$253k before the cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ClickerCasual
Endless World Idle RPG 2019	Est. copies ≈ 122k–198k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mostly Positive	PvPHack and Slash
NGU IDLE 2019	Est. copies ≈ 373k–606k 8.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayIdler
Gachi Heroes 2018	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before the cut	$0.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MemesComedy
Human-powered spacecraft 2018	Est. copies ≈ 27k–45k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before the cut	$0.99	901 reviews Very Positive	IdlerClicker