How much revenue did The Invasion make?

$6–$16 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Invasion sell?

Q: How many copies did The Invasion sell?

25 to 40 copies, based on its 1 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25–40; $6–$16 after Steam's cut $11–$25 before Steam's cut; from 1 review (1 user reviews); Only 1 review 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 The Invasion and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Invasion's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 55k–76k

best case 478k (Nova Drift)

Games like The Invasion

A typical game among these

≈ 55k–76k copies

≈ $138k–$262k 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Nova Drift at ≈ 364k–592k copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.8M 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 939 reviews in their first month; the range was 281 to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (5 of 8) and Rogue-lite (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-lite, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, 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).

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Goobies 2023	Est. copies ≈ 49k–79k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $80k–$215k after Steam's cut $146k–$331k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeTop-Down Shooter
Zombie Shooter 2009	Est. copies ≈ 85k–138k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $117k–$314k after Steam's cut $212k–$483k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesShooter
SNKRX 2021	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $88k–$238k after Steam's cut $161k–$366k before Steam's cut	$2.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Alien Shooter 2009	Est. copies ≈ 302k–490k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $414k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $752k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ShooterAction
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Nova Drift 2024	Est. copies ≈ 364k–592k 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeArena Shooter
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