How much revenue did Beyond Citadel make?

$481k–$1.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Beyond Citadel sell?

Q: How many copies did Beyond Citadel sell?

117k to 190k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 117k–190k; $481k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $875k–$2.0M before Steam's cut; from 5k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Beyond Citadel and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beyond Citadel's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 55k–178k

best case 257k (Ion Fury)

Games like Beyond Citadel

A typical game among these

≈ 55k–178k copies

≈ $195k–$1.3M 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.

Best case: Ion Fury at ≈ 196k–318k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 126 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (8 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + FPS, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2025, and 2 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 79 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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STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith™ 2009	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $55k–$149k after Steam's cut $100k–$228k before Steam's cut	$2.99	1k reviews Mixed	ActionFPS
Nightmare Reaper 2022	Est. copies ≈ 94k–153k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $646k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Super 3-D Noah's Ark 2015	Est. copies ≈ 45k–72k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $122k–$329k after Steam's cut $223k–$506k before Steam's cut	$9.99	913 reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Zortch 2023	Est. copies ≈ 35k–56k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $48k–$128k after Steam's cut $87k–$197k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSShooter
Rise of the Triad 2013	Est. copies ≈ 161k–261k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $663k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mixed	FPSAction
Selaco 2024	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $875k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	FPSShooter
Project Warlock II 2025	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $158k–$425k after Steam's cut $288k–$654k before Steam's cut	$16.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterShooter
Ion Fury 2019	Est. copies ≈ 196k–318k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS