How much revenue did Frontiers Reach make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Frontiers Reach sell?

Q: How many copies did Frontiers Reach sell?

496 to 806 copies, based on its 20 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 496–806; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut; from 20 reviews (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 Frontiers Reach and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Frontiers Reach's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–37k

best case 36k (Ex-Zodiac)

Games like Frontiers Reach

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–37k copies

≈ $4k–$210k after Steam's cut

from ~515 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 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Ex-Zodiac at ≈ 27k–44k copies, ≈ $90k–$241k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 60 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 273.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (8 of 8) and Flight (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with On-Rails Shooter + Shoot 'Em Up, priced around $12.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 79 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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Space Battle SVF 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $27–$73 after Steam's cut $49–$112 before Steam's cut	$0.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	ShooterFlight
Rocket Assault: Downhill Rush 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$54k before Steam's cut	$7.99	238 reviews Very Positive	RacingAction
MH-Zombie 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$2.99	126 reviews Very Positive	FlightArcade
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Ex-Zodiac 2022	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $90k–$241k after Steam's cut $163k–$371k before Steam's cut	$11.99	1k reviews Very Positive	On-Rails ShooterShoot 'Em Up
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