How much revenue did Satellite Reign make?

$2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Satellite Reign sell?

Q: How many copies did Satellite Reign sell?

262k to 426k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 262k–426k; $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.9M before Steam's cut; from 5k reviews (Mostly 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 Satellite Reign and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Satellite Reign's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 376k–2.2M

best case 2.2M (Ghostrunner)

Games like Satellite Reign

A typical game among these

≈ 376k–2.2M copies

≈ $2.6M–$18.7M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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.

Best case: Ghostrunner at ≈ 1.7M–2.7M copies, ≈ $13.7M–$36.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cyberpunk (5 of 8) and First-Person (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cyberpunk + Fast-Paced, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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Due Process 2020	Est. copies ≈ 212k–345k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $583k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAdventure
Ghostrunner 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.7M–$36.8M after Steam's cut $24.9M–$56.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	67k reviews Very Positive	ActionCyberpunk
Invisible, Inc. 2015	Est. copies ≈ 283k–459k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkDifficult
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicCombat Racing
SUPERHOT 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.7M–$31.4M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
Ghostrunner 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 288k–468k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	12k reviews Mostly Positive	CyberpunkAction
Transistor 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.8M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.6M–$25.9M after Steam's cut $17.5M–$39.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	31k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackFemale Protagonist
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