How much revenue did Guardians Frontline make?

$59k–$160k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Guardians Frontline sell?

Q: How many copies did Guardians Frontline sell?

9k to 14k copies, based on its 349 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–14k; $59k–$160k after Steam's cut $108k–$246k before the cut; from 349 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 Guardians Frontline out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Guardians Frontline's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–2.4M

best case 22.7M (No Man's Sky)

Games like Guardians Frontline

The middle of these games

≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies

≈ $9.4M–$21.5M after Steam's cut

from ~47k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Horror (4 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: No Man's Sky at ≈ 17.3M–28.1M copies, ≈ $285.6M–$767.9M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (4 of 8) and First-Person (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + FPS, priced around $60. The breakout hits carry Open World + Open World Survival Craft + Exploration; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2022, 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).

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SUPERHOT 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.6M–$31.3M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.2M before the cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
Half-Life: Alyx 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $43.0M–$115.7M after Steam's cut $78.2M–$177.9M before the cut	$59.99	105k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRFPS
Inside the Backrooms 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.2M before the cut	$6.99	47k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Alien: Isolation 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.1M–$110.5M after Steam's cut $74.7M–$170.0M before the cut	$39.99	67k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
No Man's Sky 2016	Est. copies ≈ 17.3M–28.1M 8.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $285.6M–$767.9M after Steam's cut $519.3M–$1181.5M before the cut	$59.99	416k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldOpen World Survival Craft
UNO 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before the cut	$9.99	54k reviews Mostly Positive	Card GameMultiplayer
BONEWORKS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut $15.7M–$35.8M before the cut	$29.99	36k reviews Very Positive	VRPhysics
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.5M–18.8M 8.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.2M–$256.0M after Steam's cut $173.1M–$393.9M before the cut	$29.99	380k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival