How much revenue did Enemy Mind make?

$123k–$331k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Enemy Mind sell?

Q: How many copies did Enemy Mind sell?

45k to 73k copies, based on its 800 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 45k–73k; $123k–$331k after Steam's cut $224k–$509k before Steam's cut; from 800 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 Enemy Mind and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Enemy Mind's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 107k–161k

best case 618k (Beat Hazard)

Games like Enemy Mind

A typical game among these

≈ 107k–161k copies

≈ $216k–$510k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Beat Hazard at ≈ 471k–765k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shoot 'Em Up (8 of 8) and Bullet Hell (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Music-Based Procedural Generation, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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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Star Saviors 2016	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $38k–$103k after Steam's cut $70k–$158k before Steam's cut	$1.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpBullet Hell
Ikaruga 2014	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $365k–$982k after Steam's cut $664k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpBullet Hell
Chicken Invaders Universe 2022	Est. copies ≈ 95k–154k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	ShooterShoot 'Em Up
Beat Hazard 2010	Est. copies ≈ 471k–765k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic-Based Procedural Generation
Really Big Sky 2012	Est. copies ≈ 119k–194k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $164k–$440k after Steam's cut $298k–$678k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieAction
Jets'n'Guns Gold 2014	Est. copies ≈ 86k–139k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $188k–$506k after Steam's cut $342k–$779k before Steam's cut	$7.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpGreat Soundtrack
Revolution Ace 2014	Est. copies ≈ 106k–172k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $145k–$390k after Steam's cut $264k–$599k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Shoot 'Em UpAction
Ex-Zodiac 2022	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $90k–$241k after Steam's cut $163k–$371k before Steam's cut	$11.99	1k reviews Very Positive	On-Rails ShooterShoot 'Em Up