How much revenue did Broken Universe - Tower Defense make?

$21k–$57k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Broken Universe - Tower Defense sell?

Q: How many copies did Broken Universe - Tower Defense sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 313 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $39k–$88k before Steam's cut; from 313 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 Broken Universe - Tower Defense and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Broken Universe - Tower Defense's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 745k–1.4M

best case 13.1M (7 Days to Die)

Games like Broken Universe - Tower Defense

A typical game among these

≈ 745k–1.4M copies

≈ $4.0M–$9.3M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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.

Best case: 7 Days to Die at ≈ 9.9M–16.2M copies, ≈ $123.1M–$331.0M 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 9k reviews in their first month; the range was 6k to 327k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Base-Building (6 of 8) and Survival (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies, priced around $45. The breakout hits carry Open World Survival Craft + Post-apocalyptic + Voxel; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 79 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
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.2M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $123.1M–$331.0M after Steam's cut $223.8M–$509.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	401k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	52k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
Age of Darkness: Final Stand 2025	Est. copies ≈ 264k–430k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.5M after Steam's cut $3.7M–$8.4M before Steam's cut	$27.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	Tower DefenseAction RTS
Kingdom: New Lands 2016	Est. copies ≈ 516k–839k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Survival
Mindustry 2019	Est. copies ≈ 813k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	28k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingResource Management
Craft The World 2014	Est. copies ≈ 961k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.5M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.8M before Steam's cut	$18.99	17k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Dungeon Defenders 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOnline Co-Op
The Riftbreaker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 619k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.7M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingTower Defense