How much revenue did Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime make?

$819k–$2.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime sell?

Q: How many copies did Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime sell?

199k to 323k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 199k–323k; $819k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–32k

best case 2.1M (HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition)

Games like Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–32k copies

≈ $84k–$152k after Steam's cut

from ~466 reviews

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

2 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. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (5 of 8) and 4 Player Local (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Co-op + Top-Down Shooter; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M 72x 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
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours 2015	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $551k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	821 reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpArcade
1993 Space Machine 2016	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $53k–$143k after Steam's cut $97k–$220k before Steam's cut	$11.99	387 reviews Mixed	Gun CustomizationCo-op
CounterAttack: Uprising 2019	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $43k–$117k after Steam's cut $79k–$180k before Steam's cut	$14.99	366 reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpSide Scroller
Space Food Truck 2016	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before Steam's cut	$9.99	287 reviews Mostly Positive	Deckbuilding Co-op
ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS 2015	Est. copies ≈ 27k–43k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $51k–$137k after Steam's cut $93k–$211k before Steam's cut	$6.99	545 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieAction
Out of Space 2020	Est. copies ≈ 74k–120k 6.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $304k–$818k after Steam's cut $553k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	CasualStrategy
This Means Warp 2023	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $92k–$248k after Steam's cut $168k–$381k before Steam's cut	$19.99	676 reviews Mixed	SurvivalOnline Co-Op