How much revenue did Oil Invasion make?

$782–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Oil Invasion sell?

Q: How many copies did Oil Invasion sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $782–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 23 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 Oil Invasion and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Oil Invasion's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–25k

best case 187k (Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD)

Games like Oil Invasion

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–25k copies

≈ $26k–$194k after Steam's cut

from ~226 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD at ≈ 143k–232k copies, ≈ $314k–$843k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 135 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 766.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (6 of 8) and 3D Fighter (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Third-Person Shooter, priced around $8.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2026, 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).

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Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD 2012	Est. copies ≈ 143k–232k 10x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $314k–$843k after Steam's cut $570k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$7.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceThird-Person Shooter
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