How much revenue did Ninja make?

$151–$405 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ninja sell?

Q: How many copies did Ninja sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $151–$405 after Steam's cut $275–$623 before Steam's cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Only 2 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 Ninja and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ninja's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 543–854k

best case 6.0M (SPORE™)

Games like Ninja

A typical game among these

≈ 543–854k copies

≈ $2k–$6.6M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: SPORE™ at ≈ 4.6M–7.5M copies, ≈ $25.3M–$68.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 8k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Colony Sim (8 of 8) and God Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with God Game + Open World, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 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 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
SPORE™ 2008	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.5M 7.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.0M after Steam's cut $46.0M–$104.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	73k reviews Very Positive	God GameOpen World
Rise to Ruins 2019	Est. copies ≈ 224k–363k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $922k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Colony Sim
Stonehearth 2018	Est. copies ≈ 398k–646k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
WorldBox - God Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$20.9M after Steam's cut $14.1M–$32.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	57k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGod Game
The Universim 2024	Est. copies ≈ 265k–430k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	City BuilderGod Game
Alpha Lyrae Discovery 2019	Est. copies ≈ 518–842 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$10.99	18 reviews Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
ISLANDS MIGHT FLY 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $103–$273 after Steam's cut $187–$420 before Steam's cut	$14.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Early AccessManagement
Project Martians 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $218–$585 after Steam's cut $396–$900 before Steam's cut	$7.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Colony SimMars