How much revenue did ALONE IN SPACE make?

$18k–$48k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ALONE IN SPACE sell?

Q: How many copies did ALONE IN SPACE sell?

7k to 11k copies, based on its 157 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–11k; $18k–$48k after Steam's cut $33k–$74k before the cut; from 157 reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left ALONE IN SPACE out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including ALONE IN SPACE's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–4.1M

best case 5.7M (Starfield)

Games like ALONE IN SPACE

The middle of these games

≈ 1.3M–4.1M copies

≈ $15.0M–$69.4M after Steam's cut

from ~55k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Starfield at ≈ 4.3M–7.1M copies, ≈ $59.8M–$160.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (3 of 3) and Space (3 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Open World, priced around $50.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 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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PULSAR: Lost Colony 2021	Est. copies ≈ 142k–231k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $782k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Space SimOpen World
Prey 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.5M–$41.6M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$64.0M before the cut	$29.99	55k reviews Very Positive	Sci-fiImmersive Sim
Starfield 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.1M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $59.8M–$160.7M after Steam's cut $108.6M–$247.2M before the cut	$49.99	175k reviews Mixed	SpaceSingleplayer