How much revenue did Sumorbit make?

$490–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sumorbit sell?

Q: How many copies did Sumorbit sell?

223 to 363 copies, based on its 9 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 223–363; $490–$1k after Steam's cut $891–$2k before Steam's cut; from 9 reviews (9 user reviews); Only 9 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 Sumorbit and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sumorbit's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 155–1k

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like Sumorbit

A typical game among these

≈ 155–1k copies

≈ $100–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~12 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: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.2M–11.7M copies, ≈ $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 31 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Space (5 of 8) and 2D Fighter (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Simulation + Building + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 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
Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M 12795x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut $143.6M–$326.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	147k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Asteroid Arena 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$112 before Steam's cut	$3.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	ActionLocal Multiplayer
Zero-G Gunfight 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut	$4.99	56 reviews Very Positive	2D FighterFighting
OrbiTank 2022	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	16 reviews Positive	Local MultiplayerCasual
Space Engineers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M 11696x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.3M–$57.3M after Steam's cut $38.7M–$88.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	135k reviews Very Positive	SpaceSandbox
Orbiterrion 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $54–$146 after Steam's cut $99–$224 before Steam's cut	$1.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	ActionCasual
Valkeala Birds 2024	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $816–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$2.99	40 reviews Mixed	CasualAdventure
Kosmo Skirmish 2024	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $239–$640 after Steam's cut $434–$985 before Steam's cut	$4.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	PvPAction