How much revenue did Sunstone War make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sunstone War sell?

Q: How many copies did Sunstone War sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 53 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut; from 53 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 Sunstone War and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sunstone War's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–75k

best case 389k (Anomaly: Warzone Earth)

Games like Sunstone War

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–75k copies

≈ $70k–$432k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: Anomaly: Warzone Earth at ≈ 297k–482k copies, ≈ $815k–$2.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share RTS (5 of 8) and Tower Defense (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Sci-fi, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 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
OTTTD 2014	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $44k–$119k after Steam's cut $81k–$183k before Steam's cut	$7.99	360 reviews Mostly Positive	Tower DefenseAction RTS
Control Craft 3 2016	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$80k before Steam's cut	$4.99	339 reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationMetroidvania
Mostly Intense Monster Defense 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$4.99	67 reviews Very Positive	DwarfTower Defense
Revenge of the Titans 2011	Est. copies ≈ 80k–129k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $328k–$881k after Steam's cut $596k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Anomaly: Warzone Earth 2011	Est. copies ≈ 297k–482k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $815k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie
Attack on Toys 2021	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $58k–$156k after Steam's cut $106k–$241k before Steam's cut	$6.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction RTS
Toy Soldiers: Complete 2016	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $203k–$547k after Steam's cut $370k–$841k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Tower DefenseAction
Cavalry Girls 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50k–81k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $164k–$441k after Steam's cut $298k–$678k before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterMechs