How much revenue did Nexus 5X make?

$97k–$261k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nexus 5X sell?

Q: How many copies did Nexus 5X sell?

24k to 38k copies, based on its 949 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–38k; $97k–$261k after Steam's cut $176k–$401k before Steam's cut; from 949 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 Nexus 5X and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nexus 5X's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 342k–528k

best case 3.6M (Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer)

Games like Nexus 5X

A typical game among these

≈ 342k–528k copies

≈ $2.6M–$3.5M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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.

Best case: Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer at ≈ 2.8M–4.5M copies. 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 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 778 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Board Game (8 of 8) and Tabletop (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Board Game, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, and none of them 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 61 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
Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.5M 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	81k reviews Mixed	Board GameFree to Play
Wingspan 2020	Est. copies ≈ 299k–485k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	12k reviews Very Positive	BuildingBoard Game
UNO 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	54k reviews Mostly Positive	Card GameMultiplayer
Richman10 2019	Est. copies ≈ 424k–690k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before Steam's cut	$13.99	15k reviews Mixed	CasualMultiplayer
Axis & Allies 1942 Online 2021	Est. copies ≈ 127k–206k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $698k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	WargameBoard Game
For The King II 2023	Est. copies ≈ 403k–654k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	16k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureRPG
Tabletop Simulator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.0M–$53.8M after Steam's cut $36.4M–$82.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	75k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TabletopBoard Game
Card Hunter 2015	Est. copies ≈ 260k–423k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCard Game