How much revenue did Station Commander make?

$272–$735 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Station Commander sell?

Q: How many copies did Station Commander sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $272–$735 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before Steam's cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Only 5 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 Station Commander and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Station Commander's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18k–331k

best case 1.2M (X4: Foundations)

Games like Station Commander

A typical game among these

≈ 18k–331k copies

≈ $71k–$2.9M after Steam's cut

from ~800 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: X4: Foundations at ≈ 920k–1.5M copies, ≈ $12.7M–$34.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 377 reviews in their first month; the range was 69 to 792.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sandbox (7 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space Sim + Simulation, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2026, 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 79 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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X3: Terran Conflict 2008	Est. copies ≈ 182k–295k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $799k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$15.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SpaceSimulation
X4: Foundations 2018	Est. copies ≈ 920k–1.5M 38x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.0M after Steam's cut $23.0M–$52.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSimulation
X3: Reunion 2006	Est. copies ≈ 47k–76k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $129k–$347k after Steam's cut $235k–$534k before Steam's cut	$9.99	743 reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Solargene 2026	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $204k–$549k after Steam's cut $371k–$845k before Steam's cut	$34.99	856 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessColony Sim
X Rebirth 2013	Est. copies ≈ 462k–751k 9.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.3M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Mixed	SimulationSpace
Unending Galaxy 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut	$4.99	125 reviews Mixed	StrategySimulation
Void Destroyer 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $46k–$124k after Steam's cut $84k–$190k before Steam's cut	$9.99	675 reviews Very Positive	Space SimOpen World
Lord of Rigel 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $17k–$45k after Steam's cut $31k–$70k before Steam's cut	$19.99	124 reviews Mixed	MilitarySpace