How much revenue did Space Reign make?

$63k–$169k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Space Reign sell?

Q: How many copies did Space Reign sell?

11k to 19k copies, based on its 462 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–19k; $63k–$169k after Steam's cut $115k–$261k before Steam's cut; from 462 reviews (Mostly 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 Space Reign and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Space Reign's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–21k

best case 57k (Executive Assault 2)

Games like Space Reign

A typical game among these

≈ 11k–21k copies

≈ $88k–$219k after Steam's cut

from ~355 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Executive Assault 2 at ≈ 44k–71k copies, ≈ $301k–$809k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 624 reviews in their first month; the range was 276 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Space Sim (6 of 8) and RTS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + Building, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, 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 70 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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Final Upgrade 2022	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $63k–$170k after Steam's cut $115k–$262k before Steam's cut	$19.99	464 reviews Mostly Positive	AutomationSpace
Executive Assault 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 44k–71k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $301k–$809k after Steam's cut $547k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RTSBuilding
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