How much revenue did Star Shelter make?

$73k–$195k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Star Shelter sell?

Q: How many copies did Star Shelter sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 434 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $73k–$195k after Steam's cut $132k–$300k before Steam's cut; from 434 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 Star Shelter and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Star Shelter's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–44k

best case 70k (COMPOUND)

Games like Star Shelter

A typical game among these

≈ 10k–44k copies

≈ $61k–$452k after Steam's cut

from ~439 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: COMPOUND at ≈ 53k–86k copies, ≈ $292k–$786k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 222 reviews in their first month; the range was 25 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (8 of 8) and Rogue-lite (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-lite + VR, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 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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Undead Development 2021	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$177k before Steam's cut	$17.99	349 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieVR
Sublevel Zero Redux 2015	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $106k–$286k after Steam's cut $193k–$440k before Steam's cut	$14.99	529 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
COMPOUND 2022	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $292k–$786k after Steam's cut $531k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-lite
A Legend of Luca 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $23k–$63k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before Steam's cut	$9.99	204 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
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