How much revenue did Sugar Tanks make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sugar Tanks sell?

Q: How many copies did Sugar Tanks sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 44 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 44 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 Sugar Tanks and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sugar Tanks's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 342–570

best case 749 (Tanks, But No Tanks)

Games like Sugar Tanks

A typical game among these

≈ 342–570 copies

≈ $709–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~16 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tanks, But No Tanks at ≈ 570–927 copies, ≈ $1k–$3k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 6 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 15.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Bullet Hell (7 of 8) and Tanks (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Top-Down Shooter + Bullet Hell, priced around $8.
When they shipped: Only 1 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. 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 of about 31, 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
Tanks, But No Tanks 2023	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$7.99	23 reviews Positive	Top-Down ShooterBullet Hell
OrbiTank 2022	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	16 reviews Positive	Local MultiplayerCasual
Tanklike 2020	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $750–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$9.99	11 reviews Positive	ActionArcade
Saffron Fields 2022	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $872–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$7.99	16 reviews Positive	TanksPhysics
Techno Tanks 2021	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $579–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	17 reviews Positive	TanksArcade
Laser Tanks 2024	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $776–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$5.99	19 reviews Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
BATTLE PART 2022	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $61–$164 after Steam's cut $110–$252 before Steam's cut	$0.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	ActionShooter
Tank Warz! 2022	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $191–$512 after Steam's cut $347–$788 before Steam's cut	$3.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	Arena ShooterBullet Hell