How much revenue did Particle Fleet: Emergence make?

$220k–$592k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Particle Fleet: Emergence sell?

Q: How many copies did Particle Fleet: Emergence sell?

53k to 87k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 53k–87k; $220k–$592k after Steam's cut $400k–$911k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Very 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 Particle Fleet: Emergence and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Particle Fleet: Emergence's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 599k–3.1M

best case 10.7M (Stellaris)

Games like Particle Fleet: Emergence

A typical game among these

≈ 599k–3.1M copies

≈ $3.8M–$24.3M after Steam's cut

from ~16k 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: Stellaris at ≈ 8.2M–13.3M copies, ≈ $112.6M–$302.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Space (8 of 8) and Sci-fi (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2022, 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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Stellaris 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $112.6M–$302.6M after Steam's cut $204.7M–$465.6M before Steam's cut	$49.99	197k reviews Very Positive	SpaceGrand Strategy
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.0M–$40.4M after Steam's cut $27.3M–$62.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	43k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRTS
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 318k–517k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceStrategy
Dyson Sphere Program 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 5.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.7M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationSpace
Planetbase 2015	Est. copies ≈ 511k–830k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
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
Homeworld Remastered Collection 2015	Est. copies ≈ 693k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	14k reviews Very Positive	SpaceStrategy
IXION 2022	Est. copies ≈ 443k–719k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	18k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceCity Builder