How much revenue did Deep Among the Swarm make?

$9k–$23k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Deep Among the Swarm sell?

Q: How many copies did Deep Among the Swarm sell?

3k to 6k copies, based on its 141 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–6k; $9k–$23k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut; from 141 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 Deep Among the Swarm and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deep Among the Swarm's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–1.4M

best case 1.9M (They Are Billions)

Games like Deep Among the Swarm

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–1.4M copies

≈ $6.7M–$9.8M after Steam's cut

from ~25k 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: They Are Billions at ≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies, ≈ $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Base-Building (5 of 8) and Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Base-Building + Colony Sim, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Zombies + Survival + RTS; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2022, 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 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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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MilitaryCity Builder
Mindustry 2019	Est. copies ≈ 813k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	28k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingResource Management
Forts 2017	Est. copies ≈ 876k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.6M–$9.7M after Steam's cut $6.6M–$14.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingMultiplayer
Stronghold HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 661k–1.1M too small to compare 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
Starship Troopers: Terran Command 2022	Est. copies ≈ 299k–486k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	12k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	52k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Dungeons 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 644k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	19k reviews Very Positive	StrategyVillain Protagonist