How much revenue did Deep Under the Sky make?

$9k–$24k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Deep Under the Sky sell?

Q: How many copies did Deep Under the Sky sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 59 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut; from 59 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 Deep Under the Sky and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deep Under the Sky's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 134k–651k

best case 902k (Tricky Towers)

Games like Deep Under the Sky

A typical game among these

≈ 134k–651k copies

≈ $363k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Tricky Towers at ≈ 687k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (6 of 8) and Physics (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Party Game + Puzzle, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2018, 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 38 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
Zuma Deluxe 2006	Est. copies ≈ 433k–703k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $594k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Match 3Puzzle
Airscape - The Fall of Gravity 2015	Est. copies ≈ 130k–210k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $178k–$478k after Steam's cut $323k–$735k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpExploration
Peggle Deluxe 2007	Est. copies ≈ 921k–1.5M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
Marble It Up! Ultra 2018	Est. copies ≈ 35k–56k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $286k–$768k after Steam's cut $519k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerFast-Paced
Tricky Towers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 687k–1.1M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Party Game Puzzle
Zup! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 371k–603k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $203k–$546k after Steam's cut $370k–$841k before Steam's cut	$1.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
The Basement Collection 2012	Est. copies ≈ 106k–172k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $116k–$312k after Steam's cut $211k–$480k before Steam's cut	$3.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndieAdventure
Osmos 2009	Est. copies ≈ 91k–148k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $251k–$675k after Steam's cut $456k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	IndieCasual