How much revenue did Auralux: Constellations make?

$21k–$56k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Auralux: Constellations sell?

Q: How many copies did Auralux: Constellations sell?

8k to 12k copies, based on its 183 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–12k; $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$87k before Steam's cut; from 183 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 Auralux: Constellations and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Auralux: Constellations's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.5M–5.5M

best case 4.9M (Total War: WARHAMMER III)

Games like Auralux: Constellations

A typical game among these

≈ 3.5M–5.5M copies

≈ $41.3M–$89.6M after Steam's cut

from ~71k 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: Total War: WARHAMMER III at ≈ 3.7M–6.0M copies, ≈ $61.3M–$164.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Grand Strategy (7 of 8) and RTS (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Grand Strategy, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Total War: WARHAMMER III 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $61.3M–$164.8M after Steam's cut $111.4M–$253.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	150k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Total War: SHOGUN 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $35.4M–$95.2M after Steam's cut $64.4M–$146.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	68k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Crusader Kings II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.7M–7.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	74k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition 2009	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.3M–$35.6M after Steam's cut $24.1M–$54.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Total War: WARHAMMER 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $35.9M–$96.6M after Steam's cut $65.3M–$148.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	52k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFantasy
Total War: WARHAMMER II 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $68.9M–$185.3M after Steam's cut $125.3M–$285.1M before Steam's cut	$59.99	121k reviews Very Positive	StrategyFantasy
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $29.7M–$79.9M after Steam's cut $54.0M–$123.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	94k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 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