How much revenue did Stars Survivor make?

Stars Survivor is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Stars Survivor sell?

Q: How many copies did Stars Survivor sell?

223 to 363 copies, based on its 9 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 223–363; from 9 reviews (9 user reviews); Only 9 reviews 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 Stars Survivor and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stars Survivor's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 46k–222k

best case 7.9M (Squad)

Games like Stars Survivor

A typical game among these

≈ 46k–222k copies

≈ $134k–$2.0M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Squad at ≈ 6.0M–9.8M copies, ≈ $66.5M–$178.7M 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 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 257 to 57k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tactical (8 of 8) and Sci-fi (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Military + Realistic, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Military + Realistic + FPS; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2024, and 1 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 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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Galaxy Squad 2019	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $34k–$92k after Steam's cut $62k–$141k before Steam's cut	$9.99	431 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Tactics
Squad 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.0M–9.8M 118x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $66.5M–$178.7M after Steam's cut $120.8M–$274.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	244k reviews Very Positive	MilitaryRealistic
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