How much revenue did Space industrial empire make?

$43k–$115k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Space industrial empire sell?

Q: How many copies did Space industrial empire sell?

26k to 42k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 26k–42k; $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$176k 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 Space industrial empire and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Space industrial empire's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 246k–422k

best case 5.3M (ASTRONEER)

Games like Space industrial empire

A typical game among these

≈ 246k–422k copies

≈ $1.8M–$5.1M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: ASTRONEER at ≈ 4.0M–6.5M copies, ≈ $33.1M–$89.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Base-Building (6 of 8) and Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Space, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Open World + Space + Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2024, and 1 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 79 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
ASTRONEER 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 18x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $33.1M–$89.1M after Steam's cut $60.2M–$137.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	139k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOpen World
SpaceChem 2011	Est. copies ≈ 322k–523k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $884k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleDifficult
Empires of the Undergrowth 2024	Est. copies ≈ 470k–764k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.4M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	19k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander 2022	Est. copies ≈ 320k–521k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Sci-fiSingleplayer
Dyson Sphere Program 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.7M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationSpace
Per Aspera 2020	Est. copies ≈ 143k–233k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpReal-Time
Stationeers 2017	Est. copies ≈ 320k–520k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSpace
Juno: New Origins 2023	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $485k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $882k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	BuildingScience