How much revenue did Skyborn make?

$398k–$1.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Skyborn sell?

Q: How many copies did Skyborn sell?

97k to 157k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 97k–157k; $398k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $724k–$1.6M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Skyborn and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Skyborn's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–633k

best case 3.7M (Dishonored 2)

Games like Skyborn

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–633k copies

≈ $6k–$788k after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Dishonored 2 at ≈ 2.8M–4.5M copies, ≈ $23.0M–$61.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Female Protagonist (5 of 8) and RPGMaker (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Stealth + First-Person, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 1 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 61 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
MEMENTO 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$24k before Steam's cut	$5.99	86 reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Tales of the Black Forest 2019	Est. copies ≈ 447k–726k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $491k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $892k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$3.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGRPGMaker
Grimm's Hollow 2019	Est. copies ≈ 421k–684k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayPixel Graphics
Eternal Senia 2015	Est. copies ≈ 589k–957k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeFree to Play
Dishonored 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.5M 9.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.0M–$61.8M after Steam's cut $41.8M–$95.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	67k reviews Very Positive	StealthFirst-Person
Detective Girl of the Steam City 2019	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $237k–$637k after Steam's cut $431k–$980k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Sexual ContentRPG
Game Master Plus 2019	Est. copies ≈ 317–515 SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $609–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$6.99	11 reviews Positive	JRPGFemale Protagonist
Absurd Story: Back Home 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$6.99	50 reviews Very Positive	AdventureStory Rich