How much revenue did Astronomics make?

$99k–$266k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Astronomics sell?

Q: How many copies did Astronomics sell?

18k to 29k copies, based on its 725 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–29k; $99k–$266k after Steam's cut $180k–$409k before Steam's cut; from 725 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 Astronomics and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Astronomics's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–1.1M

best case 9.9M (RimWorld)

Games like Astronomics

A typical game among these

≈ 1.0M–1.1M copies

≈ $12.4M–$19.7M after Steam's cut

from ~29k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: RimWorld at ≈ 7.6M–12.3M copies, ≈ $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 20k reviews in their first month; the range was 11k to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Building, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Building + Base-Building + Survival; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2021. 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 43 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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Empyrion - Galactic Survival 2020	Est. copies ≈ 854k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	34k reviews Mostly Positive	Simulation Co-op
Space Engineers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.3M–$57.3M after Steam's cut $38.7M–$88.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	135k reviews Very Positive	SpaceSandbox
Dyson Sphere Program 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.7M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationSpace
X4: Foundations 2018	Est. copies ≈ 920k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.0M after Steam's cut $23.0M–$52.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSimulation
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut $132.2M–$300.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	249k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends 2021	Est. copies ≈ 698k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	28k reviews Very Positive	ClickerFree to Play
Oxygen Not Included 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.5M–$76.7M after Steam's cut $51.9M–$118.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	144k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
ENDLESS Space™ 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 795k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.5M after Steam's cut $15.9M–$36.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	23k reviews Very Positive	StrategySpace