How much revenue did Cloudbuilt make?

$292k–$786k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cloudbuilt sell?

Q: How many copies did Cloudbuilt sell?

53k to 86k copies, based on its 950 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 53k–86k; $292k–$786k after Steam's cut $532k–$1.2M before Steam's cut; from 950 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 Cloudbuilt and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cloudbuilt's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–5.5M

best case 9.3M (Titanfall® 2)

Games like Cloudbuilt

A typical game among these

≈ 1.9M–5.5M copies

≈ $45.8M–$108.7M after Steam's cut

from ~115k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Combat (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Titanfall® 2 at ≈ 7.1M–11.6M copies, ≈ $58.7M–$158.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 28k reviews in their first month; the range was 5k to 77k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Combat (4 of 8) and Open World (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Mechs, priced around $30.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Titanfall® 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.6M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $58.7M–$158.0M after Steam's cut $106.8M–$243.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	287k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSMechs
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $90.1M–$242.1M after Steam's cut $163.7M–$372.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	220k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldCo-op
Crab Game 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	151k reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorMultiplayer
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $59.0M–$158.6M after Steam's cut $107.3M–$244.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	144k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSuperhero
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $41.3M–$111.2M after Steam's cut $75.2M–$171.0M before Steam's cut	$69.99	87k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	59k reviews Mostly Positive	MultiplayerBattle Royale
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $19.4M–$52.1M after Steam's cut $35.2M–$80.1M before Steam's cut	$49.99	57k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $15.0M–$40.4M after Steam's cut $27.3M–$62.2M before Steam's cut	$49.99	44k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction-Adventure