How much revenue did STANDBOX make?

$169k–$456k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did STANDBOX sell?

Q: How many copies did STANDBOX sell?

77k to 125k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 77k–125k; $169k–$456k after Steam's cut $308k–$701k before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 STANDBOX and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including STANDBOX's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 441k–1.3M

best case 12.1M (People Playground)

Games like STANDBOX

A typical game among these

≈ 441k–1.3M copies

≈ $2.9M–$16.0M after Steam's cut

from ~26k 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: People Playground at ≈ 9.2M–15.0M copies, ≈ $25.4M–$68.2M after Steam's cut. 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 960 reviews in their first month; the range was 63 to 49k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sandbox (7 of 8) and Physics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Gore, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Blood + 2D + Moddable; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 1 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 38 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
People Playground 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.4M–$68.2M after Steam's cut $46.1M–$104.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	321k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGore
BONEWORKS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut $15.8M–$35.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	36k reviews Very Positive	VRPhysics
Blade and Sorcery 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.2M after Steam's cut $23.1M–$52.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	62k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRSwordplay
GoreBox 2023	Est. copies ≈ 632k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.5M before Steam's cut	$8.99	26k reviews Very Positive	GoreSandbox
HARD BULLET 2020	Est. copies ≈ 163k–264k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $894k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	VRGore
Gladio and Glory 2021	Est. copies ≈ 104k–170k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessPvP
Just Cause 4 Reloaded 2018	Est. copies ≈ 982k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	32k reviews Mixed	Open WorldAction
BONELAB 2022	Est. copies ≈ 509k–828k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.1M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	21k reviews Very Positive	VRPhysics