How much revenue did Star Fighter make?

$81–$218 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Star Fighter sell?

Q: How many copies did Star Fighter sell?

298 to 484 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 298–484; $81–$218 after Steam's cut $148–$335 before Steam's cut; from 12 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 Star Fighter and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Star Fighter's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 675–14k

best case 116k (Juno: New Origins)

Games like Star Fighter

A typical game among these

≈ 675–14k copies

≈ $1k–$100k after Steam's cut

from ~27 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Juno: New Origins at ≈ 88k–143k copies, ≈ $485k–$1.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 15 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 2k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Flight (7 of 8) and Jet (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Building + Science, priced around $20.
When they shipped: Only 2 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Juno: New Origins 2023	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k 134x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $485k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $882k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	BuildingScience
TOP DOG 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k 10x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$76k before Steam's cut	$9.99	268 reviews Very Positive	FlightShoot 'Em Up
Frontier Pilot Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k 36x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $163k–$438k after Steam's cut $296k–$674k before Steam's cut	$24.99	956 reviews Mixed	EconomySpace
Midnight Ohota 2021	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $142–$381 after Steam's cut $258–$586 before Steam's cut	$0.99	21 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationAction
Exosky 2025	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $681–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$9.99	10 reviews Positive	FlightSimulation
Aeroplane Blaster 2021	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $749–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	22 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualAction
Kind Heart Defenders 2022	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $844–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$3k before Steam's cut	$3.99	31 reviews Positive	FlightShooter
Frontiers Reach 2023	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$19.99	20 reviews Positive	ActionAdventure