How much revenue did Solomon Snow: First Contact make?

$239–$640 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Solomon Snow: First Contact sell?

Q: How many copies did Solomon Snow: First Contact sell?

174 to 282 copies, based on its 7 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174–282; $239–$640 after Steam's cut $434–$985 before Steam's cut; from 7 reviews (7 user reviews); Only 7 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 Solomon Snow: First Contact and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Solomon Snow: First Contact's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 84k–194k

best case 396k (Alien Shooter)

Games like Solomon Snow: First Contact

A typical game among these

≈ 84k–194k copies

≈ $188k–$624k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Alien Shooter at ≈ 302k–490k copies, ≈ $414k–$1.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Aliens (8 of 8) and Shooter (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shooter + Gore, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2015, 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 61 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded 2009	Est. copies ≈ 228k–371k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $313k–$842k after Steam's cut $569k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AliensLooter Shooter
Shadowgrounds 2006	Est. copies ≈ 103k–167k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $197k–$530k after Steam's cut $359k–$816k before Steam's cut	$6.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterSci-fi
Alien Breed 2: Assault 2010	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $184k–$495k after Steam's cut $335k–$761k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionShooter
Alien Shooter 2 Conscription 2012	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $110k–$297k after Steam's cut $201k–$457k before Steam's cut	$9.99	636 reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Alien Shooter 2009	Est. copies ≈ 302k–490k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $414k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $752k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ShooterAction
Halo: Spartan Strike 2015	Est. copies ≈ 84k–136k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $69k–$185k after Steam's cut $125k–$284k before Steam's cut	$2.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionTop-Down Shooter
Alien Breed: Impact 2010	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $763k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$22.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionShooter
Alien Shooter: Revisited 2009	Est. copies ≈ 55k–90k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $76k–$204k after Steam's cut $138k–$314k before Steam's cut	$4.99	875 reviews Mixed	ActionRPG