How much revenue did SteamWorld Heist make?

$1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SteamWorld Heist sell?

Q: How many copies did SteamWorld Heist sell?

260k to 423k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 260k–423k; $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut; from 6k 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 SteamWorld Heist and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SteamWorld Heist's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 113k–197k

best case 474k (Gremlins, Inc.)

Games like SteamWorld Heist

A typical game among these

≈ 113k–197k copies

≈ $734k–$1.2M 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.

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Steampunk (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Gremlins, Inc. at ≈ 361k–587k copies, ≈ $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Steampunk (4 of 8) and Turn-Based (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Board Game + Tabletop, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Turn-Based Strategy + Board Game + Tabletop; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2019, 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 36 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
Divinity: Dragon Commander 2013	Est. copies ≈ 161k–262k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRPG
Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game 2014	Est. copies ≈ 194k–316k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based TacticsPvP
Scythe: Digital Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 116k–189k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $638k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Board GameStrategy
Skyborn 2014	Est. copies ≈ 97k–157k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $398k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $724k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGRPGMaker
Gremlins, Inc. 2016	Est. copies ≈ 361k–587k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Board GameTabletop
Ironcast 2015	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $195k–$523k after Steam's cut $354k–$805k before Steam's cut	$14.99	967 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyMatch 3
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech 2019	Est. copies ≈ 66k–108k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $456k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $830k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerTurn-Based
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura 2016	Est. copies ≈ 83k–135k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $137k–$368k after Steam's cut $249k–$566k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGSteampunk