How many copies did ShareX sell?

415k to 674k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did ShareX make?

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

How big is ShareX?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 415k–674k; from 8k 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 ShareX and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ShareX's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20k–35k

best case 42k (Movavi Video Editor Plus 2020 - Video Editing Software)

Games like ShareX

A typical game among these

≈ 20k–35k copies

≈ $159k–$360k after Steam's cut

from ~701 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Movavi Video Editor Plus 2020 - Video Editing Software at ≈ 32k–52k copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Design & Illustration (8 of 8) and Utilities (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Video Production + Utilities.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2021, 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 61 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
001 Game Creator: 2026 Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $321k–$863k after Steam's cut $584k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$79.99	299 reviews Mostly Positive	Game DevelopmentDesign & Illustration
Movavi Video Suite 2020 Steam Edition - - Video Making Software - Edit, Convert, Capture Screen, and more 2019	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	718 reviews Mostly Positive	Video ProductionUtilities
VeeR VR:VR Video and Movie Platform 2017	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	172 reviews Mostly Positive	UtilitiesVideo Production
Movavi Video Suite 18 - Video Making Software - Edit, Convert, Capture Screen, and more 2018	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	989 reviews Mostly Positive	Video ProductionUtilities
Movavi Video Editor Plus 2020 - Video Editing Software 2019	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Video ProductionUtilities
Gecata by Movavi 5 - Game Recording Software 2018	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $154k–$413k after Steam's cut $279k–$635k before Steam's cut	$35.95	511 reviews Mostly Positive	Video ProductionUtilities
MovieMator Video Editor Pro - Movie Maker, Video Editing Software 2018	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $104k–$281k after Steam's cut $190k–$432k before Steam's cut	$14.99	833 reviews Mixed	Video ProductionAudio Production
SVFI 2021	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $59k–$135k before Steam's cut	$6.99	684 reviews Mostly Positive	Design & IllustrationVideo Production