How much revenue did Sonar Shock make?

$13k–$35k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sonar Shock sell?

Q: How many copies did Sonar Shock sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 238 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$54k before Steam's cut; from 238 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 Sonar Shock and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sonar Shock's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 44k–791k

best case 1.2M (Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon)

Games like Sonar Shock

A typical game among these

≈ 44k–791k copies

≈ $211k–$3.6M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon at ≈ 886k–1.4M copies, ≈ $11.0M–$29.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 269 to 14k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (6 of 8) and Cyberpunk (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Dark Fantasy, priced around $45.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2025, and 3 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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Strife: Veteran Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $103k–$278k after Steam's cut $188k–$427k before Steam's cut	$9.99	671 reviews Very Positive	ActionRPG
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition 2007	Est. copies ≈ 992k–1.6M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$6.99	16k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkRPG
Deus Ex: Invisible War 2007	Est. copies ≈ 159k–258k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $305k–$820k after Steam's cut $554k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$6.99	3k reviews Mixed	CyberpunkAction
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy 2011	Est. copies ≈ 508k–825k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkRPG
Brigand: Oaxaca 2017	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $58k–$157k after Steam's cut $106k–$241k before Steam's cut	$9.99	617 reviews Very Positive	CRPG Immersive Sim
Atomfall 2025	Est. copies ≈ 147k–238k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.4M after Steam's cut $3.7M–$8.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon 2025	Est. copies ≈ 886k–1.4M 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $11.0M–$29.5M after Steam's cut $19.9M–$45.4M before Steam's cut	$44.99	36k reviews Very Positive	AdventureOpen World
Stygian: Outer Gods 2025	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $118k–$317k after Steam's cut $214k–$488k before Steam's cut	$24.99	692 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessChoices Matter