How much revenue did Astro Duel 2 make?

$9k–$25k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Astro Duel 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Astro Duel 2 sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 68 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut; from 68 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 Astro Duel 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Astro Duel 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 326k–1.5M

best case 1.5M (ROUNDS)

Games like Astro Duel 2

A typical game among these

≈ 326k–1.5M copies

≈ $2.9M–$11.9M after Steam's cut

from ~37k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ROUNDS at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 14k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Fighter (5 of 8) and 2D Platformer (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fighting + 2D Fighter, priced around $6.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 43 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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