How much revenue did Citizen Sleeper make?

$1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Citizen Sleeper sell?

Q: How many copies did Citizen Sleeper sell?

264k to 429k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 264k–429k; $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before Steam's cut; from 11k 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 Citizen Sleeper and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Citizen Sleeper's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–19k

best case 39.5M (Black Myth: Wukong)

Games like Citizen Sleeper

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–19k copies

≈ $14k–$135k after Steam's cut

from ~102 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Black Myth: Wukong at ≈ 30.1M–48.9M copies, ≈ $496.2M–$1334.2M 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 58 reviews in their first month; the range was 11 to 836k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (6 of 8) and Dice (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich, priced around $55. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Open World + Atmospheric; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 6 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 61 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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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered 2015	Est. copies ≈ 43.8M–71.2M 8805x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $602.5M–$1620.0M after Steam's cut $1095.5M–$2492.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	898k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldRPG
VED 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $19k–$44k before Steam's cut	$19.99	78 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGStory Rich
Flint: Treasure of Oblivion 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $21k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$89k before Steam's cut	$24.99	126 reviews Mixed	Tactical RPGPirates
Children of Zodiarcs 2017	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $91k–$244k after Steam's cut $165k–$375k before Steam's cut	$17.99	533 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRPG
Agent Dunoz 2025	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $545–$1k after Steam's cut $990–$2k before Steam's cut	$3.99	20 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGDice
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector 2025	Est. copies ≈ 68k–110k 27x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $465k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $845k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	RPGDice
Dice 'n Goblins 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before Steam's cut	$13.99	71 reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based StrategyRPG
Black Myth: Wukong 2024	Est. copies ≈ 30.1M–48.9M 11891x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $496.2M–$1334.2M after Steam's cut $902.2M–$2052.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MythologyAction RPG