How much revenue did Worbital make?

$50k–$134k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Worbital sell?

Q: How many copies did Worbital sell?

14k to 23k copies, based on its 484 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–23k; $50k–$134k after Steam's cut $91k–$206k before Steam's cut; from 484 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 Worbital and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Worbital's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 29k–29.5M

best case 88.0M (Left 4 Dead 2)

Games like Worbital

A typical game among these

≈ 29k–29.5M copies

≈ $282k–$222.0M after Steam's cut

from ~276k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 67.0M–108.9M copies, ≈ $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 8 to 35k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (8 of 8) and Action RTS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
X-POINT 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$19.99	41 reviews Positive	SimulationAction RTS
Left 4 Dead 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 67.0M–108.9M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut $334.7M–$761.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.1M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
Lethal Company 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12.7M–20.6M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.8M–$93.6M after Steam's cut $63.3M–$144.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	511k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Online Co-OpHorror
Cascading Failure 2020	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$19.99	20 reviews Mixed	Early AccessRTS
Line War 2022	Est. copies ≈ 29k–48k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $202k–$542k after Steam's cut $367k–$834k before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	RTSStrategy
PAYDAY 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.7M–69.3M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $117.2M–$315.1M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	675k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction
Company of Heroes 3 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $16.5M–$44.4M after Steam's cut $30.0M–$68.3M before Steam's cut	$59.99	40k reviews Mixed	SingleplayerStrategy
Monster Hunter: World 2018	Est. copies ≈ 15.8M–25.6M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $129.9M–$349.3M after Steam's cut $236.2M–$537.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	518k reviews Very Positive	Co-opMultiplayer