How much revenue did Livelock make?

$106k–$284k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Livelock sell?

Q: How many copies did Livelock sell?

38k to 62k copies, based on its 924 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 38k–62k; $106k–$284k after Steam's cut $192k–$437k before Steam's cut; from 924 reviews (Mostly 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 Livelock and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Livelock's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 103k–595k

best case 2.1M (HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition)

Games like Livelock

A typical game among these

≈ 103k–595k copies

≈ $843k–$6.7M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition at ≈ 1.6M–2.7M copies, ≈ $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut.

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 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (8 of 8) and Top-Down Shooter (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Top-Down Shooter, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2022, and none of them 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
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M 6.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut $16.3M–$37.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpCo-op
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising 2018	Est. copies ≈ 398k–647k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterRogue-lite
The Ascent 2021	Est. copies ≈ 619k–1.0M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.7M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	25k reviews Mostly Positive	Top-Down ShooterCyberpunk
Guns n Zombies 2014	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $120k–$324k after Steam's cut $219k–$498k before Steam's cut	$7.99	978 reviews Mixed	ActionZombies
Relic Hunters Zero: Remix 2015	Est. copies ≈ 330k–536k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Very Positive	Looter ShooterTwin Stick Shooter
From Space 2022	Est. copies ≈ 48k–79k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $200k–$537k after Steam's cut $363k–$825k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mixed	ActionCo-op
Renegade Ops 2011	Est. copies ≈ 183k–297k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $755k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$15.00	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionTwin Stick Shooter
Killsquad 2021	Est. copies ≈ 87k–141k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $715k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionHack and Slash