How much revenue did Galaxy Arena make?

$920–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Galaxy Arena sell?

Q: How many copies did Galaxy Arena sell?

670 to 1k copies, based on its 27 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 670–1k; $920–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 27 reviews (Mixed)

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 Galaxy Arena and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Galaxy Arena's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.6M–2.3M

best case 10.6M (SCP: Secret Laboratory)

Games like Galaxy Arena

A typical game among these

≈ 1.6M–2.3M copies

≈ $765k–$33.7M after Steam's cut

from ~55k 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: SCP: Secret Laboratory at ≈ 8.1M–13.1M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 10k reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 31k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (8 of 8) and Shooter (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + First-Person.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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
SCP: Secret Laboratory 2017	Est. copies ≈ 8.1M–13.1M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	235k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
Dead Space 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $29.2M–$78.4M after Steam's cut $53.0M–$120.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	71k reviews Very Positive	HorrorThird-Person Shooter
GTFO 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $18.2M–$49.1M after Steam's cut $33.2M–$75.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	67k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpHorror
近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau 2024	Est. copies ≈ 72k–117k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $197k–$531k after Steam's cut $359k–$817k before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionHorror
The Callisto Protocol™ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.9M–$48.1M after Steam's cut $32.5M–$74.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	44k reviews Mixed	HorrorSci-fi
Zombie Crush VR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $334–$897 after Steam's cut $608–$1k before Steam's cut	$6.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	Action3D Fighter
Blood and Bacon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $415k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $754k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$0.99	37k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	GoreFunny
Z-Rush Survival 2022	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $204–$550 after Steam's cut $370–$846 before Steam's cut	$9.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	ActionVR