How much revenue did Scavenger SV-4 make?

$83k–$224k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Scavenger SV-4 sell?

Q: How many copies did Scavenger SV-4 sell?

20k to 33k copies, based on its 666 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 20k–33k; $83k–$224k after Steam's cut $152k–$345k before Steam's cut; from 666 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 Scavenger SV-4 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Scavenger SV-4's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 154k–182k

best case 3.5M (Outer Wilds)

Games like Scavenger SV-4

A typical game among these

≈ 154k–182k copies

≈ $1.0M–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Simulation (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Outer Wilds at ≈ 2.7M–4.4M copies, ≈ $18.5M–$49.7M 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 Simulation (4 of 8) and Space (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Exploration + Space, priced around $19. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 to 2020, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Outer Wilds 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 38x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $18.5M–$49.7M after Steam's cut $33.6M–$76.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	108k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationSpace
Moonbase Alpha 2010	Est. copies ≈ 813k–1.3M 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Very Positive	SpaceSimulation
Viscera Cleanup Detail 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 8.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.1M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.1M before Steam's cut	$12.99	24k reviews Very Positive	SimulationGore
Universe Sandbox Legacy 2011	Est. copies ≈ 188k–306k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
SPORE™ Creepy & Cute Parts Pack 2008	Est. copies ≈ 139k–226k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $763k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationGod Game
The Hat Man: Shadow Ward 2016	Est. copies ≈ 138k–224k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $378k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $687k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Mixed	HorrorIndie
Duskers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 117k–191k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $645k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTyping
The Solus Project 2016	Est. copies ≈ 109k–178k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $601k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAdventure