How much revenue did Shell Runner make?

$10k–$26k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shell Runner sell?

Q: How many copies did Shell Runner sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 96 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before Steam's cut; from 96 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 Shell Runner and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shell Runner's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18k–749k

best case 5.3M (Tom Clancy’s The Division™)

Games like Shell Runner

A typical game among these

≈ 18k–749k copies

≈ $53k–$3.4M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tom Clancy’s The Division™ at ≈ 4.0M–6.6M copies, ≈ $33.2M–$89.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 599 reviews in their first month; the range was 8 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Extraction Shooter (6 of 8) and Looter Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Looter Shooter, priced around $30.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 52 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
Tom Clancy’s The Division™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M 44x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $33.2M–$89.4M after Steam's cut $60.5M–$137.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	97k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldLooter Shooter
ZERO Sievert 2024	Est. copies ≈ 387k–628k 7.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Extraction ShooterSurvival
The Cycle: Frontier 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	45k reviews Mixed	Extraction ShooterSurvival
Blood Running 2025	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $24k–$64k after Steam's cut $43k–$99k before Steam's cut	$16.99	206 reviews Mixed	Extraction ShooterSurvival
SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada 2025	Est. copies ≈ 93k–151k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	4k reviews Mixed	MechsLooter Shooter
No Escape from Madness 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $23k–$61k after Steam's cut $41k–$94k before Steam's cut	$11.99	277 reviews Mixed	Extraction ShooterBase-Building
A Twisted Path to Renown 2024	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	676 reviews Mixed	Extraction ShooterWestern
Last Group Out 2022	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$177k before Steam's cut	$9.99	628 reviews Very Positive	ActionShooter