How much revenue did air star make?

$817–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did air star sell?

Q: How many copies did air star sell?

595 to 967 copies, based on its 24 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 595–967; $817–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 24 reviews (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 air star and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including air star's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 308–1k

best case 4k (Lord of the click)

Games like air star

A typical game among these

≈ 308–1k copies

≈ $375–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~22 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: Lord of the click at ≈ 3k–5k copies, ≈ $6k–$17k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 11 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (7 of 8) and Arcade (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Tower Defense, priced around $8.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, 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 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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Slime Squisher 2025	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $987–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	29 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Galactic Missile Defense 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$1.99	59 reviews Mixed	AliensShoot 'Em Up
Bitosphere 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7–$18 after Steam's cut $12–$28 before Steam's cut	$0.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	ClickerScore Attack
Smile To Fly 2019	Est. copies ≈ 288–468 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $237–$637 after Steam's cut $431–$980 before Steam's cut	$2.99	10 reviews Positive	StrategyIndie
Lord of the click 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut	$7.99	97 reviews Mixed	CasualAction
Neon D-Fence Remaster 2023	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $102–$275 after Steam's cut $185–$423 before Steam's cut	$4.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Tower DefenseSci-fi
Dezinsector 2020	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $449–$1k after Steam's cut $816–$2k before Steam's cut	$2.99	22 reviews Positive	CasualAdventure
Attack on Inirea 2025	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $715–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	21 reviews Mostly Positive	ArcadeCasual