How much revenue did The Phoenix Initiative make?

$475–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Phoenix Initiative sell?

Q: How many copies did The Phoenix Initiative sell?

288 to 468 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 288–468; $475–$1k after Steam's cut $863–$2k before the cut; from 12 reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left The Phoenix Initiative out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Phoenix Initiative's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 838–11k

best case 29k (Section 13)

The Top-Down Shooter genre

None of your 8 similar games are hits. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 838–11k copies

≈ $3k–$19k after Steam's cut

from ~78 reviews

Best case

≈ 22k–35k copies

Section 13 · ≈ $119k–$321k after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

The launch: The games that made it here had under 765 reviews in their first month.; Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
Your set: Your set clusters on Top-Down Shooter (6 of 8) and Rogue-lite (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dark + Top-Down Shooter, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2025, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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