How much revenue did SkateLab make?

$11k–$30k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SkateLab sell?

Q: How many copies did SkateLab sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 95 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before Steam's cut; from 95 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 SkateLab and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SkateLab's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–55k

best case 148k (BMX Streets)

Games like SkateLab

A typical game among these

≈ 5k–55k copies

≈ $47k–$274k after Steam's cut

from ~520 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: BMX Streets at ≈ 113k–183k copies, ≈ $774k–$2.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 254 reviews in their first month; the range was 28 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and Skateboarding (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sports + Simulation, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 3 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 38 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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The Ramp 2021	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $63k–$171k after Steam's cut $115k–$262k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSports
Skate City 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$42k after Steam's cut $28k–$65k before Steam's cut	$14.99	153 reviews Very Positive	SkatingSkateboarding
SkateBIRD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 19k–32k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $107k–$287k after Steam's cut $194k–$442k before Steam's cut	$19.99	783 reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingExploration
BMX Streets 2024	Est. copies ≈ 113k–183k 8.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $774k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
VR Skater 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $35k–$94k after Steam's cut $63k–$144k before Steam's cut	$19.99	256 reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingVR
Slackers - Carts of Glory 2024	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $190k–$511k after Steam's cut $346k–$786k before Steam's cut	$12.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndieSimulation
Flying Sword 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $743–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$0.99	110 reviews Very Positive	CasualIndie
Crayola Scoot 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	67 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsAction