How much revenue did Airship Killer make?

$442–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Airship Killer sell?

Q: How many copies did Airship Killer sell?

322 to 524 copies, based on its 13 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 322–524; $442–$1k after Steam's cut $803–$2k before Steam's cut; from 13 reviews (Mixed)

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 Airship Killer and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Airship Killer's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 342–2k

best case 7k (Space Elite Force)

Games like Airship Killer

A typical game among these

≈ 342–2k copies

≈ $333–$4k after Steam's cut

from ~23 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Space Elite Force at ≈ 6k–9k copies, ≈ $5k–$13k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 15 reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (8 of 8) and Side Scroller (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Side Scroller + Shoot 'Em Up, priced around $3.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 38 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

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Broken Sky 2021	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $490–$1k after Steam's cut $891–$2k before Steam's cut	$7.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	Shoot 'Em UpShooter
Hard Driver 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $175–$472 after Steam's cut $319–$726 before Steam's cut	$0.99	26 reviews Mixed	Side ScrollerPrecision Platformer
Hard Driver 2020	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $183–$490 after Steam's cut $332–$754 before Steam's cut	$0.99	27 reviews Mixed	Side ScrollerPrecision Platformer
Aero Battle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut	$9.99	20 reviews Mixed	CasualSimulation
Space Elite Force 2018	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k 8.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$2.99	187 reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerSide Scroller
Bear No Grudge 2023	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $675–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$8.99	11 reviews Positive	ActionAction-Adventure
Space Elite Force II 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$5.99	108 reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerShoot 'Em Up
Jetpack Kiwi 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $83–$221 after Steam's cut $150–$340 before Steam's cut	$5.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	ActionArcade