How much revenue did Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) make?

$119k–$321k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) sell?

Q: How many copies did Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) sell?

29k to 47k copies, based on its 841 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 29k–47k; $119k–$321k after Steam's cut $217k–$493k before Steam's cut; from 841 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 Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–81k

best case 20.7M (Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI)

Games like Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–81k copies

≈ $9k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~274 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: Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI at ≈ 15.8M–25.7M copies, ≈ $260.5M–$700.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 183 reviews in their first month; the range was 8 to 779.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 4X (6 of 8) and Turn-Based (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Historical, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, 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 61 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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Into the Void 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$1.99	136 reviews Mixed	StrategyAdventure
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.8M–25.7M 1388x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $260.5M–$700.4M after Steam's cut $473.7M–$1077.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	380k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Fort Triumph 2020	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $137k–$368k after Steam's cut $249k–$566k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	3DTactical RPG
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Hero Generations: ReGen 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$42k after Steam's cut $29k–$65k before Steam's cut	$14.99	92 reviews Mixed	Rogue-like 4X
Old World 2022	Est. copies ≈ 171k–279k 25x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	7k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Void Eclipse 2021	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$29.99	17 reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based Tactics
Paths & Danger 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$9.99	83 reviews Mixed	Turn-Based CombatDark Fantasy