How much revenue did Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon make?

$201k–$540k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon sell?

Q: How many copies did Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon sell?

73k to 119k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 73k–119k; $201k–$540k after Steam's cut $365k–$830k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon and predicted how it would do from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 139k–505k

best case 576k (EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair)

Games like Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

A typical game among these

≈ 139k–505k copies

≈ $962k–$4.1M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

6 of the 7 similar games are hits.

Best case: EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair at ≈ 439k–714k copies, ≈ $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Third-Person Shooter (7 of 7) and Robots (5 of 7).
The winners: Winners here lead with Third-Person Shooter + Co-op, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2016, 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 52 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).

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Minimum 2014	Est. copies ≈ 222k–360k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mixed	ActionThird-Person Shooter
Guns and Robots 2014	Est. copies ≈ 94k–153k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayAction
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair 2016	Est. copies ≈ 439k–714k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ActionThird-Person Shooter
Iron Brigade 2012	Est. copies ≈ 79k–128k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $325k–$874k after Steam's cut $591k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ActionStrategy
Binary Domain 2012	Est. copies ≈ 526k–855k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ActionThird-Person Shooter
McDROID 2014	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $33k–$90k after Steam's cut $61k–$138k before Steam's cut	$9.99	217 reviews Mostly Positive	Third-Person ShooterTower Defense
Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition 2007	Est. copies ≈ 142k–231k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $587k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure