How many copies did StarBreak sell?

54k to 88k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did StarBreak make?

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

How big is StarBreak?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 54k–88k; 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 StarBreak and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including StarBreak's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–4.0M

best case 7.3M (Dead Cells)

Games like StarBreak

A typical game among these

≈ 1.2M–4.0M copies

≈ $8.0M–$40.0M after Steam's cut

from ~41k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Dead Cells at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 88 to 16k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-like (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Metroidvania, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, 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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HoloCure - Save the Fans! 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsBullet Hell
Dead Cells 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut $69.8M–$158.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	184k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureAction Roguelike
Realm of the Mad God Exalt 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	48k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsMMORPG
KUNAI 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $70k–$188k after Steam's cut $127k–$289k before Steam's cut	$16.99	604 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieAction
Gods Wars : infinity Epic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$9.99	109 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGLoot
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Abalyte 2018	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	203 reviews Mixed	RoguevaniaAction Roguelike