How much revenue did Skater 2D make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Skater 2D sell?

Q: How many copies did Skater 2D sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 117 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 117 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 Skater 2D and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Skater 2D's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 332k–577k

best case 637k (Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game)

Games like Skater 2D

A typical game among these

≈ 332k–577k copies

≈ $4.7M–$8.9M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game at ≈ 485k–789k copies, ≈ $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 181 reviews in their first month; the range was 25 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sports (8 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Skateboarding + Skating, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 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 38 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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TRUE SKATE™ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before Steam's cut	$19.99	77 reviews Mixed	SportsSkateboarding
Crayola Scoot 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	67 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsAction
Flying Sword 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $743–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$0.99	110 reviews Very Positive	CasualIndie
Session: Skate Sim 2022	Est. copies ≈ 394k–640k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$17.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSports
Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 485k–789k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSkating
BMX Streets 2024	Est. copies ≈ 113k–183k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $774k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
BMX The Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $102k–$274k after Steam's cut $185k–$421k before Steam's cut	$24.99	597 reviews Mixed	BMXSports
Rocket Skates VR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$9.99	54 reviews Very Positive	SimulationVR