How much revenue did OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe) make?

$10k–$28k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe) sell?

Q: How many copies did OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe) sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 123 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$42k before Steam's cut; from 123 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 OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe) and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 157–449

best case 101k (Mars Horizon)

Games like OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe)

A typical game among these

≈ 157–449 copies

≈ $262–$900 after Steam's cut

from ~9 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: Mars Horizon at ≈ 77k–125k copies, ≈ $422k–$1.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 1k reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Education (6 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Mars, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Science + Management + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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
Mars Horizon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 77k–125k 365x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $422k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $768k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ManagementSpace
Rocket Inc 2022	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $81–$219 after Steam's cut $148–$337 before Steam's cut	$2.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Exploration2D Platformer
Enter The Moon 2018	Est. copies ≈ 182–296 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $325–$874 after Steam's cut $591–$1k before Steam's cut	$6.49	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Space SimSpace
Take On Mars 2017	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k 239x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $192k–$516k after Steam's cut $349k–$794k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mixed	SimulationSpace
Planetary Settlers 2018	Est. copies ≈ 365–593 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $501–$1k after Steam's cut $911–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	12 reviews Positive	SpaceEducation
Rocket Explorer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$12.99	26 reviews Mixed	Early AccessExploration
Science Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $450–$1k after Steam's cut $818–$2k before Steam's cut	$5.99	11 reviews Positive	Early AccessCasual
Milky Way Jigsaw Puzzles 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$113 before Steam's cut	$1.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	CasualSpace