How much revenue did First Impact: Rise of a Hero make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did First Impact: Rise of a Hero sell?

Q: How many copies did First Impact: Rise of a Hero sell?

517 to 840 copies, based on its 17 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 517–840; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut; from 17 reviews (Mixed)

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 First Impact: Rise of a Hero and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including First Impact: Rise of a Hero's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 824k–2.2M

best case 2.4M (Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition)

Games like First Impact: Rise of a Hero

A typical game among these

≈ 824k–2.2M copies

≈ $7.9M–$17.7M after Steam's cut

from ~27k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition at ≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies, ≈ $29.9M–$80.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the range was 19 to 73k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Flight (8 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Flight, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2026, and 2 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
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition 2026	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.9M–$80.5M after Steam's cut $54.4M–$123.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	73k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFlight
Project Wingman 2020	Est. copies ≈ 556k–904k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.3M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	22k reviews Very Positive	FlightAction
Bomber Crew 2017	Est. copies ≈ 535k–869k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$15.99	16k reviews Very Positive	World War IISimulation
DCS World Steam Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight
STAR WARS™: Squadrons 2020	Est. copies ≈ 699k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	28k reviews Mixed	FlightSpace
Xeno Runners 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$4.99	47 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerCasual
X-Plane 11 2017	Est. copies ≈ 699k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.8M–$15.5M after Steam's cut $10.5M–$23.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.5M after Steam's cut $18.6M–$42.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	27k reviews Very Positive	FlightSimulation