How much revenue did Stars Die make?

$5k–$15k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stars Die sell?

Q: How many copies did Stars Die sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 161 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut; from 161 reviews (Very 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 Stars Die and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stars Die's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 338k–349k

best case 4.2M (INSIDE)

Games like Stars Die

A typical game among these

≈ 338k–349k copies

≈ $3.3M–$4.2M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: INSIDE at ≈ 3.2M–5.2M copies, ≈ $21.8M–$58.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (7 of 8) and Anime (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2.5D + Puzzle-Platformer, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2020, 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 70 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
INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M 9.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.8M–$58.7M after Steam's cut $39.7M–$90.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2.5DPuzzle-Platformer
STEINS;GATE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $9.3M–$25.1M after Steam's cut $16.9M–$38.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
AI: The Somnium Files 2019	Est. copies ≈ 272k–442k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelAnime
The Talos Principle 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.3M–$41.1M after Steam's cut $27.8M–$63.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	33k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePhilosophical
STEINS;GATE 0 2018	Est. copies ≈ 259k–421k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before Steam's cut	$34.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games 2017	Est. copies ≈ 256k–415k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
Senren＊Banka 2020	Est. copies ≈ 923k–1.5M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8.9M–$23.9M after Steam's cut $16.2M–$36.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	37k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelNSFW
ATRI -My Dear Moments- 2020	Est. copies ≈ 584k–949k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before Steam's cut	$20.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAnime