How much revenue did Solar War make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Solar War sell?

Q: How many copies did Solar War sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 36 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut; from 36 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 Solar War and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Solar War's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 76k–535k

best case 1.7M (Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™)

Games like Solar War

A typical game among these

≈ 76k–535k copies

≈ $380k–$3.4M 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: Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $14.3M–$38.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 4X (7 of 8) and Sci-fi (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Sci-fi, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2024, 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 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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Interstellar Space: Genesis 2019	Est. copies ≈ 24k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $202k–$543k after Steam's cut $367k–$835k before Steam's cut	$29.99	850 reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition 2012	Est. copies ≈ 607k–987k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Strategy4X
Master of Orion 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 73k–119k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $121k–$324k after Steam's cut $219k–$499k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Strategy4X
Breachway 2024	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $208k–$559k after Steam's cut $378k–$859k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessStrategy
Galactic Civilizations IV 2023	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $714k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceGrand Strategy
Master of Orion 2016	Est. copies ≈ 341k–554k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Mostly Positive	Strategy4X
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition 2011	Est. copies ≈ 108k–176k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $297k–$799k after Steam's cut $540k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	4X Grand Strategy
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $14.3M–$38.4M after Steam's cut $26.0M–$59.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	23k reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy