How much revenue did Spy Network make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Spy Network sell?

Q: How many copies did Spy Network sell?

397 to 645 copies, based on its 16 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 397–645; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut; from 16 reviews (Negative)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–5.1M

best case 6.4M (Kingdom Come: Deliverance II)

Games like Spy Network

A typical game among these

≈ 2.0M–5.1M copies

≈ $15.7M–$54.1M 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.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II at ≈ 4.9M–7.9M copies, ≈ $80.4M–$216.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Historical (5 of 8) and Open World (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Medieval + Open World, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2025, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II 2025	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–7.9M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $80.4M–$216.0M after Steam's cut $146.1M–$332.4M before Steam's cut	$59.99	196k reviews Very Positive	RPGMedieval
Kenshi 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.3M–$78.9M after Steam's cut $53.3M–$121.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	117k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSandbox
Age of History II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before Steam's cut	$5.99	50k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Assassin's Creed 2 2010	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.5M after Steam's cut $38.9M–$88.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	62k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
Imperator: Rome 2019	Est. copies ≈ 773k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.5M–$22.8M after Steam's cut $15.5M–$35.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	27k reviews Mixed	StrategyGrand Strategy
Commander: Conquest of the Americas 2010	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before Steam's cut	$9.99	190 reviews Mixed	RTSAlternate History
Fit For a King 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $15k–$33k before Steam's cut	$9.99	101 reviews Very Positive	Multiple EndingsCRPG
Clockwork Dawn 2024	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$14.99	11 reviews Positive	Early AccessStrategy