How much revenue did POLARIS™ make?

$10k–$28k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did POLARIS™ sell?

Q: How many copies did POLARIS™ sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 79 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before the cut; from 79 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 POLARIS™ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including POLARIS™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 274k–4.4M

best case 36.3M (HELLDIVERS™ 2)

The Extraction Shooter genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

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

A typical game

≈ 274k–4.4M copies

≈ $2.4M–$120.8M after Steam's cut

from ~34k reviews

Best case

≈ 27.6M–44.9M copies

HELLDIVERS™ 2 · ≈ $303.8M–$816.9M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Extraction Shooter (7 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Third-Person Shooter + Shooter, priced around $40.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Eldegarde 2026	Est. copies ≈ 140k–228k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mixed	MultiplayerExtraction Shooter
Deceive Inc. 2023	Est. copies ≈ 188k–306k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before the cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Social DeductionHeist
The Cycle: Frontier 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	45k reviews Mixed	Extraction ShooterSurvival
The Day Before 2023	Est. copies ≈ 557k–905k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Negative	MultiplayerZombies
HELLDIVERS™ 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 27.6M–44.9M 34x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $303.8M–$816.9M after Steam's cut $552.4M–$1256.8M before the cut	$39.99	1.2M reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpPvE
Hunt: Showdown 1896 2019	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.9M 8.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $65.5M–$176.1M after Steam's cut $119.1M–$270.9M before the cut	$29.99	276k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldExtraction Shooter
Incursion Red River 2024	Est. copies ≈ 216k–351k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before the cut	$21.99	9k reviews Mostly Positive	Extraction ShooterRealistic
Gray Zone Warfare 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.5M–$55.1M after Steam's cut $37.2M–$84.7M before the cut	$39.99	78k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessOnline Co-Op