How much revenue did Sci-Fantasy Defence make?

$819–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sci-Fantasy Defence sell?

Q: How many copies did Sci-Fantasy Defence sell?

149 to 242 copies, based on its 6 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 149–242; $819–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 6 reviews (6 user reviews); Only 6 reviews 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 Sci-Fantasy Defence and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sci-Fantasy Defence's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–15k

best case 156k (Pistol Whip)

Games like Sci-Fantasy Defence

A typical game among these

≈ 10k–15k copies

≈ $59k–$76k after Steam's cut

from ~269 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Pistol Whip at ≈ 119k–193k copies, ≈ $979k–$2.6M 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 62 reviews in their first month; the range was 55 to 1k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (8 of 8) and FPS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Shooter, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Shooter + Action + Rhythm; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2022, 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 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
Pistol Whip 2019	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k 15x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$166k before Steam's cut	$19.99	295 reviews Very Positive	ActionRogue-lite
COMPOUND 2022	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $292k–$786k after Steam's cut $531k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-lite
Blasters of the Universe 2017	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	242 reviews Very Positive	VRBullet Hell
Disassembly VR 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $42k–$112k after Steam's cut $76k–$173k before Steam's cut	$29.99	176 reviews Mixed	SimulationAction
Blaston 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	577 reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerStrategy
A Legend of Luca 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $23k–$63k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before Steam's cut	$9.99	204 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
IKEA VR Pancake Kitchen 2017	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	370 reviews Mostly Positive	HentaiPsychedelic