How much revenue did Lightracer Spark make?

$90k–$242k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lightracer Spark sell?

Q: How many copies did Lightracer Spark sell?

25k to 41k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25k–41k; $90k–$242k after Steam's cut $164k–$373k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Lightracer Spark and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lightracer Spark's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–47k

best case 362k (Deliver Us The Moon)

Games like Lightracer Spark

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–47k copies

≈ $22k–$378k after Steam's cut

from ~503 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: Deliver Us The Moon at ≈ 276k–448k copies, ≈ $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 190 reviews in their first month; the range was 20 to 596.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sci-fi (6 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Sci-fi, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 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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Lightracer: For Judge 2025	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $34k–$92k after Steam's cut $62k–$141k before Steam's cut	$9.99	502 reviews Very Positive	SimulationRPG
Star Dynasties 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $107k–$286k after Steam's cut $194k–$441k before Steam's cut	$30.99	504 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGSci-fi
The Expanse: A Telltale Series 2023	Est. copies ≈ 73k–118k 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $500k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $909k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureRPG
Deliver Us The Moon 2019	Est. copies ≈ 276k–448k 19x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Corona Blossom Vol.3 Journey to the Stars 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $14k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$59k before Steam's cut	$9.99	152 reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelAnime
彗星战团 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before Steam's cut	$2.99	207 reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelStylized
Vessels 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $844–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$3k before Steam's cut	$0.99	125 reviews Very Positive	NarrativeExploration
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog 2025	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $98k–$264k after Steam's cut $179k–$407k before Steam's cut	$14.99	962 reviews Very Positive	RetroSci-fi