How much revenue did Droid Assault make?

$64k–$173k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Droid Assault sell?

Q: How many copies did Droid Assault sell?

23k to 38k copies, based on its 370 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 23k–38k; $64k–$173k after Steam's cut $117k–$266k before Steam's cut; from 370 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 Droid Assault and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Droid Assault's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 139k–371k

best case 662k (12 is Better Than 6)

Games like Droid Assault

A typical game among these

≈ 139k–371k copies

≈ $505k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: 12 is Better Than 6 at ≈ 504k–820k copies, ≈ $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 590 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Top-Down Shooter (6 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shooter + Western, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2022, 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 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
Alien Shooter 2009	Est. copies ≈ 302k–490k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $414k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $752k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ShooterAction
Halo: Spartan Assault 2014	Est. copies ≈ 277k–449k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $227k–$611k after Steam's cut $413k–$941k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionTop-Down Shooter
Crimsonland 2014	Est. copies ≈ 175k–285k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $674k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$13.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionShooter
12 is Better Than 6 2015	Est. copies ≈ 504k–820k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ActionShooter
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate 2022	Est. copies ≈ 185k–300k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $508k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $923k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	ChessTurn-Based Strategy
Chicken Invaders Universe 2022	Est. copies ≈ 95k–154k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	ShooterShoot 'Em Up
10 Minutes Till Dawn 2022	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Shoot 'Em UpAction Roguelike
SNKRX 2021	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $88k–$238k after Steam's cut $161k–$366k before Steam's cut	$2.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite