How much revenue did PositronX make?

$11k–$30k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PositronX sell?

Q: How many copies did PositronX sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 81 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before Steam's cut; from 81 reviews (Mostly 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 PositronX and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PositronX's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 79k–103k

best case 799k (Roboquest)

Games like PositronX

A typical game among these

≈ 79k–103k copies

≈ $445k–$477k 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Roboquest at ≈ 608k–989k copies, ≈ $4.2M–$11.2M 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 FPS (8 of 8) and Rogue-lite (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Action Roguelike, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Fast-Paced + Procedural Generation; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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
Roboquest 2023	Est. copies ≈ 608k–989k 17x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
Heavy Bullets 2014	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $241k–$649k after Steam's cut $439k–$998k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Tower of Guns 2014	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $289k–$777k after Steam's cut $525k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	FPSFirst-Person
Ziggurat 2014	Est. copies ≈ 222k–362k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $917k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteAction
Immortal Redneck 2017	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $632k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$19.95	3k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 78k–127k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $215k–$579k after Steam's cut $392k–$891k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeIndie
Killing Room 2016	Est. copies ≈ 60k–98k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $249k–$669k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mixed	ActionFPS
Ziggurat 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $259k–$696k after Steam's cut $470k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rogue-lite