How much revenue did Cyber Shadow make?

$212k–$570k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cyber Shadow sell?

Q: How many copies did Cyber Shadow sell?

39k to 63k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 39k–63k; $212k–$570k after Steam's cut $386k–$877k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Cyber Shadow and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cyber Shadow's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 219k–312k

best case 530k (The Messenger)

Games like Cyber Shadow

A typical game among these

≈ 219k–312k copies

≈ $1.3M–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: The Messenger at ≈ 404k–656k copies, ≈ $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Metroidvania (7 of 8) and Platformer (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Metroidvania, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, 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 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
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 238k–387k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $981k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Platformer Metroidvania
BLADECHIMERA 2025	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $151k–$407k after Steam's cut $275k–$626k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered 2018	Est. copies ≈ 211k–343k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StealthNinja
La-Mulana 2013	Est. copies ≈ 167k–272k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $689k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaDifficult
Meifumado 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$50k after Steam's cut $34k–$77k before Steam's cut	$14.99	181 reviews Mixed	RPGAction RPG
The Messenger 2018	Est. copies ≈ 404k–656k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	RetroPlatformer
Meadowland 2014	Est. copies ≈ 0 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $0 after Steam's cut $0 before Steam's cut	$3.99	0 reviews No user reviews	MetroidvaniaDifficult
Porradaria 2: Pagode of the Night 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	197 reviews Mixed	IndieAction