How much revenue did Insurgency: Sandstorm make?

$33.4M–$89.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Insurgency: Sandstorm sell?

Q: How many copies did Insurgency: Sandstorm sell?

4.1M to 6.6M copies, based on its 133k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.1M–6.6M; $33.4M–$89.9M after Steam's cut $60.8M–$138.3M before Steam's cut; from 133k 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 Insurgency: Sandstorm and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Insurgency: Sandstorm's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 34.9M–99.7M

best case 820.1M (Counter-Strike 2)

Games like Insurgency: Sandstorm

A typical game among these

≈ 34.9M–99.7M copies

≈ $506.3M–$707.8M after Steam's cut

from ~923k 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: Counter-Strike 2 at ≈ 624.8M–1015.3M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (5 of 8) and FPS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Shooter. The breakout hits carry Team-Based + Competitive + e-sports; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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 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
Garry's Mod 2006	Est. copies ≈ 80.0M–130.1M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $219.9M–$591.3M after Steam's cut $399.8M–$909.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.3M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxModdable
Ready or Not 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8.6M–14.0M too small to compare SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $118.4M–$318.4M after Steam's cut $215.3M–$489.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	347k reviews Mostly Positive	TacticalRealistic
Red Dead Redemption 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 26.6M–43.2M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $438.4M–$1178.6M after Steam's cut $797.0M–$1813.3M before Steam's cut	$59.99	923k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldStory Rich
Call of Duty® 2022	Est. copies ≈ 19.4M–31.5M SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	782k reviews Mixed	FPSMultiplayer
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 2015	Est. copies ≈ 76.0M–123.4M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	1.6M reviews Very Positive	FPSPvP
War Thunder 2013	Est. copies ≈ 49.7M–80.7M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	786k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
Arma 3 2013	Est. copies ≈ 18.7M–30.4M too small to compare SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $154.1M–$414.3M after Steam's cut $280.2M–$637.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	296k reviews Very Positive	MilitaryAction
Counter-Strike 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 624.8M–1015.3M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	9.9M reviews Very Positive	FPSShooter