How much revenue did Skator Gator make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Skator Gator sell?

Q: How many copies did Skator Gator sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 188 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut; from 188 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 Skator Gator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Skator Gator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.9M–5.2M

best case 5.4M (BattleBlock Theater®)

Games like Skator Gator

A typical game among these

≈ 3.9M–5.2M copies

≈ $24.3M–$30.4M after Steam's cut

from ~62k 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: BattleBlock Theater® at ≈ 4.1M–6.6M copies, ≈ $16.8M–$45.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (7 of 8) and Precision Platformer (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Platformer, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2025, 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 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
BattleBlock Theater® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.8M–$45.3M after Steam's cut $30.6M–$69.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-op Platformer
Ori and the Blind Forest 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	60k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackAtmospheric
LIMBO 2011	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.5M–$36.3M after Steam's cut $24.5M–$55.8M before Steam's cut	$12.49	62k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerIndie
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.4M–$44.1M after Steam's cut $29.8M–$67.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	72k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AtmosphericGreat Soundtrack
AFTERGRINDER 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$2.99	100 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision PlatformerScore Attack
Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends 2019	Est. copies ≈ 186k–302k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $357k–$961k after Steam's cut $650k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$6.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Psychological Horror Precision Platformer
Broforce 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.3M–$33.0M after Steam's cut $22.3M–$50.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	61k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AmericaAction
Seafrog 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$26k before Steam's cut	$14.99	62 reviews Very Positive	PlatformerExploration