How much revenue did SCP Strategy make?

$28k–$75k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SCP Strategy sell?

Q: How many copies did SCP Strategy sell?

15k to 24k copies, based on its 588 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–24k; $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $51k–$116k before Steam's cut; from 588 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 SCP Strategy and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SCP Strategy's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 40k–50k

best case 458k (Nodebuster)

Games like SCP Strategy

A typical game among these

≈ 40k–50k copies

≈ $211k–$298k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Nodebuster at ≈ 349k–567k copies, ≈ $287k–$771k 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 585 reviews in their first month; the range was 283 to 947.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Management (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $12.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 2 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 61 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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Cosmonautica 2015	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $160k–$429k after Steam's cut $290k–$660k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mixed	TradingSpace
My Little Life 2025	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $48k–$129k after Steam's cut $87k–$198k before Steam's cut	$5.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Life SimSimulation
Nodebuster 2024	Est. copies ≈ 349k–567k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $287k–$771k after Steam's cut $522k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$2.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualClicker
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