How much revenue did Art of Destruction make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Art of Destruction sell?

Q: How many copies did Art of Destruction sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 96 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut; from 96 reviews (Mostly 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 Art of Destruction and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Art of Destruction's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 570–2k

best case 1.9M (WorldBox - God Simulator)

Games like Art of Destruction

A typical game among these

≈ 570–2k copies

≈ $1k–$4k after Steam's cut

from ~39 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

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

Best case: WorldBox - God Simulator at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $7.8M–$20.9M 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 8 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 3k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share God Game (8 of 8) and Sandbox (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with God Game, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Space + Pixel Graphics + Action; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, 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 61 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
Sinking Simulator: Legacy 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $392–$1k after Steam's cut $712–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	58 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualSimulation
Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 839x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.0M–$35.0M after Steam's cut $23.6M–$53.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSpace
WorldBox - God Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 1478x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$20.9M after Steam's cut $14.1M–$32.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	57k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGod Game
Megaton Rainfall 2017	Est. copies ≈ 79k–129k 60x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $350k–$940k after Steam's cut $636k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$15.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SuperheroDestruction
The Sandbox Evolution - Craft a 2D Pixel Universe! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k 39x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	SandboxPixel Graphics
Water Physics Simulation 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut	$8.99	98 reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Demolition Master - Destruction Simulator 2023	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $884–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$9.99	13 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationDestruction
Pure Gore (Sandbox&Playground) 2023	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $776–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$5.99	19 reviews Mixed	GoreSandbox