How much revenue did Atom Zombie Smasher make?

$366k–$984k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Atom Zombie Smasher sell?

Q: How many copies did Atom Zombie Smasher sell?

133k to 216k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 133k–216k; $366k–$984k after Steam's cut $665k–$1.5M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Atom Zombie Smasher and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Atom Zombie Smasher's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 82k–119k

best case 13.0M (Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition)

Games like Atom Zombie Smasher

A typical game among these

≈ 82k–119k copies

≈ $255k–$558k after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition at ≈ 9.9M–16.1M copies, ≈ $13.6M–$36.5M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 319 reviews in their first month; the range was 36 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (8 of 8) and Zombies (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Zombies, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Zombies + Singleplayer + Classic; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, 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
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition 2009	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.1M 62x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.6M–$36.5M after Steam's cut $24.7M–$56.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	156k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseZombies
Artisan TD 2024	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $293k–$789k after Steam's cut $533k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$16.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	52k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
Zombie Defense 2016	Est. copies ≈ 91k–147k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayZombies
Minimalist Tower Defense 2024	Est. copies ≈ 46k–75k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $64k–$171k after Steam's cut $116k–$264k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Zombo Buster Advance 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$23k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before Steam's cut	$4.99	249 reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie
Ultimate Zombie Defense 2020	Est. copies ≈ 119k–194k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $163k–$439k after Steam's cut $297k–$676k before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ActionCasual
Element TD 2 - Tower Defense 2021	Est. copies ≈ 80k–130k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $331k–$889k after Steam's cut $601k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseReal Time Tactics