How much revenue did Invaders make?

$61–$164 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Invaders sell?

Q: How many copies did Invaders sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $61–$164 after Steam's cut $111–$253 before Steam's cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Only 3 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Invaders and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Invaders's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 32k–260k

best case 6.5M (Balatro)

Games like Invaders

A typical game among these

≈ 32k–260k copies

≈ $88k–$876k 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.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Balatro at ≈ 5.0M–8.1M copies, ≈ $20.5M–$55.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 14 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Deckbuilding (6 of 8) and Action Roguelike (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Game + Roguelike Deckbuilder, priced around $15.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 52 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Balatro 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 70x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.5M–$55.0M after Steam's cut $37.2M–$84.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	200k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card GameRoguelike Deckbuilder
Fabric Of Reality 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$26k before Steam's cut	$6.99	131 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeArena Shooter
FORCED SHOWDOWN 2016	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $156k–$418k after Steam's cut $283k–$643k before Steam's cut	$19.99	680 reviews Very Positive	ActionAction Roguelike
Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot 2024	Est. copies ≈ 43k–69k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $59k–$158k after Steam's cut $107k–$243k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
Nubby's Number Factory 2025	Est. copies ≈ 486k–790k 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $667k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRogue-like
Heretic's Fork 2023	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $281k–$755k after Steam's cut $511k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Deckbuilding Tower Defense
Dungeon Clawler 2026	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $411k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $748k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessRogue-lite
Neon Sundown 2022	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $15k–$41k after Steam's cut $28k–$63k before Steam's cut	$4.99	451 reviews Very Positive	Arena ShooterRogue-lite