How much revenue did Star Survivor make?

$19k–$52k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Star Survivor sell?

Q: How many copies did Star Survivor sell?

14k to 23k copies, based on its 565 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–23k; $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$80k before Steam's cut; from 565 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 Star Survivor and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Star Survivor's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 405k–1.7M

best case 3.9M (Brotato)

Games like Star Survivor

A typical game among these

≈ 405k–1.7M copies

≈ $1.6M–$3.1M after Steam's cut

from ~15k 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: Brotato at ≈ 3.0M–4.8M copies, ≈ $4.1M–$10.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 42k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Bullet Hell (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-like + Action Roguelike, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2026, and 3 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
Realm of the Mad God Exalt 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	48k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsMMORPG
Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$10.9M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	119k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSingleplayer
PANICORE 2024	Est. copies ≈ 323k–524k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $886k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	13k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Yet Another Zombie Survivors 2026	Est. copies ≈ 386k–628k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Bad North: Jotunn Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 436k–709k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	WargameVikings
20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 724k–1.2M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $993k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Rogue: Genesia 2025	Est. copies ≈ 213k–346k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $878k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
ALTF4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 268k–435k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $220k–$592k after Steam's cut $400k–$911k before Steam's cut	$2.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	RunnerPhysics