How much revenue did Skyward Collapse make?

$29k–$77k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Skyward Collapse sell?

Q: How many copies did Skyward Collapse sell?

21k to 34k copies, based on its 329 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 21k–34k; $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before Steam's cut; from 329 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–50k

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like Skyward Collapse

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–50k copies

≈ $5k–$460k after Steam's cut

from ~411 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 338 reviews in their first month; the range was 14 to 799.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and God Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 61 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
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 709x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	291k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
The Odyssey: Winds of Athena 2015	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $43k–$116k after Steam's cut $78k–$178k before Steam's cut	$4.99	643 reviews Mixed	IndieSimulation
EarthRoyale 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$40k before Steam's cut	$7.99	179 reviews Very Positive	SimulationAlternate History
Gods of Havoc: Into the Void 2019	Est. copies ≈ 173–281 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $380–$1k after Steam's cut $691–$2k before Steam's cut	$7.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	StrategyIndie
Reus 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $396k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $719k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	God GameColony Sim
Gods of Havoc: Fall to Earth 2019	Est. copies ≈ 115–187 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $252–$680 after Steam's cut $459–$1k before Steam's cut	$7.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	IndieCasual
Cthulhu pub 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$9.99	47 reviews Mixed	SingleplayerReplay Value
Godhood 2020	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $200k–$539k after Steam's cut $364k–$829k before Steam's cut	$26.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation