How much revenue did Void Bastards make?

$1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Void Bastards sell?

Q: How many copies did Void Bastards sell?

157k to 255k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 157k–255k; $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.3M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 Void Bastards and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Void Bastards's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 414k–1.8M

best case 12.4M (Deep Rock Galactic)

Games like Void Bastards

A typical game among these

≈ 414k–1.8M copies

≈ $3.7M–$15.8M after Steam's cut

from ~21k 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: Deep Rock Galactic at ≈ 9.4M–15.3M copies, ≈ $77.8M–$209.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the range was 926 to 63k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (6 of 8) and Action Roguelike (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dwarf + Co-op, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 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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Barony 2015	Est. copies ≈ 888k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.1M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerAction Roguelike
Gunfire Reborn 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.2M–$38.1M after Steam's cut $25.7M–$58.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	104k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-lite FPS
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 318k–516k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	13k reviews Very Positive	FPSTime Manipulation
Post Void 2020	Est. copies ≈ 308k–500k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $253k–$680k after Steam's cut $460k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$2.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSPsychedelic
嗜血印 Bloody Spell 2022	Est. copies ≈ 976k–1.6M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$18.0M after Steam's cut $12.2M–$27.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Very Positive	NuditySexual Content
Roboquest 2023	Est. copies ≈ 608k–989k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
Deep Rock Galactic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M 18x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $77.8M–$209.2M after Steam's cut $141.5M–$321.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	380k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DwarfCo-op
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 283k–461k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rhythm