How many copies did SWARMRIDERS sell?

26k to 42k copies, based on its 627 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did SWARMRIDERS make?

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

How big is SWARMRIDERS?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 26k–42k; from 627 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 SWARMRIDERS and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SWARMRIDERS's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 114k–149k

best case 333k (LUFTRAUSERS)

Games like SWARMRIDERS

A typical game among these

≈ 114k–149k copies

≈ $190k–$558k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: LUFTRAUSERS at ≈ 253k–412k copies, ≈ $696k–$1.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Bullet Hell (8 of 8) and Arcade (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Bullet Hell + Arcade, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry 2D + Great Soundtrack + Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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
LUFTRAUSERS 2014	Est. copies ≈ 253k–412k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $696k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	IndieBullet Hell
Waves 2011	Est. copies ≈ 99k–161k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellShoot 'Em Up
Assault Android Cactus+ 2015	Est. copies ≈ 99k–160k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $542k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $985k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Bullet Hell Twin Stick Shooter
Planes, Bullets and Vodka 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $175k–$470k after Steam's cut $318k–$723k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	CasualAction
UBERMOSH:BLACK 2016	Est. copies ≈ 90k–147k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $124k–$333k after Steam's cut $225k–$513k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Savant - Ascent 2013	Est. copies ≈ 176k–286k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $96k–$259k after Steam's cut $175k–$398k before Steam's cut	$1.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
HYPER DEMON 2022	Est. copies ≈ 84k–136k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $345k–$928k after Steam's cut $628k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	FPSArena Shooter
UBERMOSH Vol.5 2017	Est. copies ≈ 60k–98k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $83k–$223k after Steam's cut $151k–$343k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction