How many copies did Destination Sol sell?

66k to 108k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Destination Sol make?

Destination Sol is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Destination Sol?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 66k–108k; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Destination Sol and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Destination Sol's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 187k–523k

best case 427k (EVERSPACE™ 2)

Games like Destination Sol

A typical game among these

≈ 187k–523k copies

≈ $681k–$4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: EVERSPACE™ 2 at ≈ 326k–529k copies, ≈ $4.5M–$12.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Space (7 of 8) and Open World (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shooter + Space, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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).

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Rebel Galaxy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 410k–666k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SpaceOpen World
EVERSPACE™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 395k–642k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceAction Roguelike
Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD 2012	Est. copies ≈ 143k–232k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $314k–$843k after Steam's cut $570k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$7.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceThird-Person Shooter
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart 2013	Est. copies ≈ 461k–749k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	SpaceRPG
Reassembly 2015	Est. copies ≈ 200k–325k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $825k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	BuildingSpace
EVERSPACE™ 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 326k–529k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.5M–$12.0M after Steam's cut $8.1M–$18.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	13k reviews Very Positive	ShooterSpace
Solar 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 141k–230k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $388k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $706k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SpaceIndie
PARTICLE MACE 2015	Est. copies ≈ 67k–108k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $92k–$246k after Steam's cut $167k–$379k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction