How much revenue did Nexus Defenders make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nexus Defenders sell?

Q: How many copies did Nexus Defenders sell?

868 to 1k copies, based on its 35 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 868–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 35 reviews (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 Nexus Defenders and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nexus Defenders's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 13k–17k

best case 867k (Stronghold HD (2012))

Games like Nexus Defenders

A typical game among these

≈ 13k–17k copies

≈ $80k–$114k after Steam's cut

from ~451 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Stronghold HD (2012) at ≈ 661k–1.1M copies, ≈ $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 212 reviews in their first month; the range was 64 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (7 of 8) and Real Time Tactics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Real Time Tactics + City Builder, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry City Builder + Colony Sim + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 2 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Stronghold HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 661k–1.1M 23x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$5.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Real Time TacticsCity Builder
Stronghold: Definitive Edition 2023	Est. copies ≈ 258k–419k 23x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderStrategy
Necronator: Dead Wrong 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $47k–$125k after Steam's cut $85k–$192k before Steam's cut	$12.99	525 reviews Mixed	Real Time TacticsTower Defense
Siege of Centauri 2019	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $54k–$144k after Steam's cut $97k–$221k before Steam's cut	$14.99	451 reviews Mixed	Tower DefenseReal Time Tactics
Alien Shooter TD 2017	Est. copies ≈ 32k–51k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $87k–$234k after Steam's cut $158k–$359k before Steam's cut	$9.99	919 reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseGore
AOD: Art Of Defense 2020	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	391 reviews Mostly Positive	Tower DefenseReal Time Tactics
Nuke Them All 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$23k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before Steam's cut	$9.99	125 reviews Very Positive	RTSAction RTS
Rift Riff 2025	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $35k–$94k after Steam's cut $63k–$144k before Steam's cut	$12.99	394 reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseMinimalist