How much revenue did Star Valor make?

$600k–$1.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Star Valor sell?

Q: How many copies did Star Valor sell?

87k to 142k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 87k–142k; $600k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Star Valor and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Star Valor's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.7M–10.7M

best case 23.0M (No Man's Sky)

Games like Star Valor

A typical game among these

≈ 6.7M–10.7M copies

≈ $61.1M–$207.6M after Steam's cut

from ~147k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: No Man's Sky at ≈ 17.5M–28.5M copies, ≈ $289.3M–$777.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sandbox (5 of 8) and Space (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 2 of the 8 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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Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut $143.6M–$326.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	147k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
No Man's Sky 2016	Est. copies ≈ 17.5M–28.5M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $289.3M–$777.8M after Steam's cut $526.0M–$1196.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	422k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldOpen World Survival Craft
Space Bob vs. The Replicons 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut	$14.99	98 reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Starbound 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.1M–$56.9M after Steam's cut $38.4M–$87.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	123k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
ASTRONEER 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $33.1M–$89.1M after Steam's cut $60.2M–$137.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	139k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOpen World
Stellaris 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $112.6M–$302.6M after Steam's cut $204.7M–$465.6M before Steam's cut	$49.99	197k reviews Very Positive	SpaceGrand Strategy
Starground 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$75k before Steam's cut	$13.99	191 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessMining
Planet Miners 2024	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $491–$1k after Steam's cut $893–$2k before Steam's cut	$11.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	MiningSandbox