How much revenue did Blockships make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Blockships sell?

Q: How many copies did Blockships sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 25 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut; from 25 reviews (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 Blockships and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blockships's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 13k–178k

best case 902k (Tricky Towers)

Games like Blockships

A typical game among these

≈ 13k–178k copies

≈ $2k–$540k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tricky Towers at ≈ 687k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 21 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 464.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arena Shooter (5 of 8) and Battle Royale (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Party Game + Puzzle, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 1 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Tricky Towers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 687k–1.1M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Party Game Puzzle
DRONE The Game 2018	Est. copies ≈ 43k–69k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mixed	Sci-fiMultiplayer
Seal: WHAT the FUN 2024	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	512 reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerParty Game
Titan Attacks! 2012	Est. copies ≈ 62k–100k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $170k–$457k after Steam's cut $309k–$702k before Steam's cut	$9.99	978 reviews Very Positive	Arena ShooterSide Scroller
Murder Miners 2014	Est. copies ≈ 356k–579k 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $293k–$787k after Steam's cut $533k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$2.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Level EditorSplit Screen
Galactic Junk League 2017	Est. copies ≈ 60k–97k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	Free to PlaySpace
Boxfight 2020	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $122–$330 after Steam's cut $222–$507 before Steam's cut	$5.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Arena Shooter2D Platformer
Catnight 2023	Est. copies ≈ 942–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$4.99	38 reviews Mixed	Party GameMultiplayer