How much revenue did Swarm Queen make?

$29k–$78k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Swarm Queen sell?

Q: How many copies did Swarm Queen sell?

14k to 23k copies, based on its 412 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–23k; $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$121k before Steam's cut; from 412 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 Swarm Queen and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Swarm Queen's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 951k–1.2M

best case 3.6M (STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack)

Games like Swarm Queen

A typical game among these

≈ 951k–1.2M copies

≈ $5.7M–$12.3M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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: STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack at ≈ 2.7M–4.4M copies, ≈ $15.0M–$40.4M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share RTS (8 of 8) and Sci-fi (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + Space, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Moddable + Mod + Space; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2015, 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 61 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).

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Supreme Commander 2 2010	Est. copies ≈ 821k–1.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before Steam's cut	$12.99	13k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 326k–529k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Very Positive	Warhammer 40KStrategy
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Soulstorm 2008	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	19k reviews Very Positive	Warhammer 40KStrategy
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.0M–$40.4M after Steam's cut $27.3M–$62.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	43k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRTS
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic) 2007	Est. copies ≈ 756k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Homeworld Remastered Collection 2015	Est. copies ≈ 693k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	14k reviews Very Positive	SpaceStrategy
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) 2009	Est. copies ≈ 884k–1.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.7M after Steam's cut $22.1M–$50.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Warhammer 40KStrategy
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance 2011	Est. copies ≈ 910k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$12.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRTS