How much revenue did Sprocket make?

$1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sprocket sell?

Q: How many copies did Sprocket sell?

323k to 525k copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 323k–525k; $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.4M before Steam's cut; from 13k reviews (Very 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 Sprocket and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sprocket's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 140k–6.2M

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like Sprocket

A typical game among these

≈ 140k–6.2M copies

≈ $2.1M–$77.0M after Steam's cut

from ~120k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 122k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Building (8 of 8) and Sandbox (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 1 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).

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Scrap Mechanic 2026	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.3M–$65.4M after Steam's cut $44.2M–$100.6M before Steam's cut	$28.99	123k reviews Very Positive	BuildingSandbox
Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M 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
Armor Clash 2022 [RTS] 2022	Est. copies ≈ 893–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$7k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$9.99	36 reviews Mixed	Action RTSWargame
Kenshi 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.3M–$78.9M after Steam's cut $53.3M–$121.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	117k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSandbox
Space Engineers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M 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
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	291k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
Stronghold: Warlords 2021	Est. copies ≈ 132k–215k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Mixed	City BuilderReal Time Tactics
Model Builder: Complete Edition 2022	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $174k–$469k after Steam's cut $317k–$721k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Immersive SimSandbox