How much revenue did StarDrive 2 make?

$846k–$2.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did StarDrive 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did StarDrive 2 sell?

103k to 167k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 103k–167k; $846k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Mixed)

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 StarDrive 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including StarDrive 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 131k–1.0M

best case 10.7M (Stellaris)

Games like StarDrive 2

A typical game among these

≈ 131k–1.0M copies

≈ $2.1M–$10.7M 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: Stellaris at ≈ 8.2M–13.3M copies, ≈ $112.6M–$302.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 4X (8 of 8) and Sci-fi (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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).

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Master of Orion 2016	Est. copies ≈ 341k–554k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Mostly Positive	Strategy4X
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $14.3M–$38.4M after Steam's cut $26.0M–$59.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	23k reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Master of Orion 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 73k–119k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $121k–$324k after Steam's cut $219k–$499k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Strategy4X
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Stellaris 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 23x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $112.6M–$302.6M after Steam's cut $204.7M–$465.6M before Steam's cut	$49.99	197k reviews Very Positive	SpaceGrand Strategy
Sins of a Solar Empire II 2024	Est. copies ≈ 218k–354k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	9k reviews Very Positive	SpaceStrategy