How much revenue did Shattered Planet make?

$153k–$410k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shattered Planet sell?

Q: How many copies did Shattered Planet sell?

37k to 60k copies, based on its 661 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 37k–60k; $153k–$410k after Steam's cut $277k–$631k before Steam's cut; from 661 reviews (Mixed)

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 Shattered Planet and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shattered Planet's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 38k–136k

best case 1.7M (Crypt of the NecroDancer)

Games like Shattered Planet

A typical game among these

≈ 38k–136k copies

≈ $221k–$791k 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Crypt of the NecroDancer at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 939 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-like (8 of 8) and Dungeon Crawler (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Female Protagonist, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Rhythm + Female Protagonist + Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2026, 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
NEO Scavenger 2014	Est. copies ≈ 304k–494k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalPost-apocalyptic
Crypt of the NecroDancer 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmFemale Protagonist
Sproggiwood 2014	Est. copies ≈ 33k–54k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $137k–$369k after Steam's cut $250k–$568k before Steam's cut	$14.99	595 reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-BasedProcedural Generation
Sol Cesto 2026	Est. copies ≈ 129k–209k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $495k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $901k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$13.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessDungeon Crawler
Jupiter Hell 2021	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $362k–$973k after Steam's cut $658k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeTurn-Based
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) 2015	Est. copies ≈ 79k–128k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $325k–$875k after Steam's cut $591k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeCRPG
The Doors of Trithius 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $102k–$275k after Steam's cut $186k–$423k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationTraditional Roguelike
Fidel Dungeon Rescue 2017	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $38k–$101k after Steam's cut $69k–$156k before Steam's cut	$9.99	399 reviews Very Positive	Dungeon Crawler Rogue-lite