How much revenue did Star Control®: Origins make?

$449k–$1.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Star Control®: Origins sell?

Q: How many copies did Star Control®: Origins sell?

82k to 133k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 82k–133k; $449k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $816k–$1.9M before the cut; from 3k reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Star Control®: Origins out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Star Control®: Origins's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.4M–6.0M

best case 21.8M (Undertale)

Games like Star Control®: Origins

The middle of these games

≈ 2.4M–6.0M copies

≈ $14.7M–$82.2M after Steam's cut

from ~70k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Undertale at ≈ 16.6M–27.0M copies, ≈ $45.6M–$122.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (5 of 8) and Choices Matter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Choices Matter, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2019, 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 36 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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Undertale 2015	Est. copies ≈ 16.6M–27.0M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $45.6M–$122.6M after Steam's cut $82.9M–$188.7M before the cut	$9.99	340k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.1M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.5M–$111.5M after Steam's cut $75.4M–$171.5M before the cut	$39.99	131k reviews Very Positive	RPGStory Rich
Life is Strange 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
UNO 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before the cut	$9.99	54k reviews Mostly Positive	Card GameMultiplayer
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.5M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $87.6M–$235.4M after Steam's cut $159.2M–$362.2M before the cut	$44.99	206k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tactical RPGRPG
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.5M before the cut	$14.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CyberpunkVisual Novel
The Stanley Parable 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.4M before the cut	$14.99	46k reviews Very Positive	ComedyNarration