How much revenue did Sonar Scout make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sonar Scout sell?

Q: How many copies did Sonar Scout sell?

645 to 1k copies, based on its 26 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 645–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 26 reviews (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 Sonar Scout and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sonar Scout's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–4k

best case 367k (Iron Lung)

Games like Sonar Scout

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–4k copies

≈ $6k–$18k after Steam's cut

from ~81 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Iron Lung at ≈ 280k–455k copies, ≈ $615k–$1.7M 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 23 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 677.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Underwater (8 of 8) and Exploration (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Underwater, priced around $19. The breakout hits carry Atmospheric + Indie + Psychological Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2023, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Iron Lung 2022	Est. copies ≈ 280k–455k 139x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $615k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$7.99	11k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
Biolum 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$3.99	124 reviews Very Positive	HorrorSci-fi
Depths of Sanity 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $17k–$40k before Steam's cut	$14.99	94 reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaUnderwater
Harmonic Depths 2023	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	15 reviews Positive	ExplorationImmersive Sim
Ocean Pressure 2023	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $591–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$2.99	29 reviews Mixed	ExplorationSubmarine
subROV : Underwater Discoveries 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut	$19.99	68 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessUnderwater
Sub Command 2006	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before Steam's cut	$9.99	146 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation
Under The Waves 2023	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k 27x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $444k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $808k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureUnderwater