How much revenue did Skybolt Zack make?

$12k–$31k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Skybolt Zack sell?

Q: How many copies did Skybolt Zack sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 105 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before Steam's cut; from 105 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 Skybolt Zack and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Skybolt Zack's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–54k

best case 517k (Mark of the Ninja)

Games like Skybolt Zack

A typical game among these

≈ 11k–54k copies

≈ $8k–$158k after Steam's cut

from ~469 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mark of the Ninja at ≈ 394k–640k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 448 reviews in their first month; the range was 25 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (8 of 8) and Side Scroller (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Stealth + Platformer.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 1 of the 7 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Mark of the Ninja unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 394k–640k 34x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Stealth Platformer
Nitro Express 2025	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $100k–$270k after Steam's cut $182k–$415k before Steam's cut	$12.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Side Scroller2D Platformer
Dragon Mine 2022	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $612–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$2.99	30 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller
JumpJet Rex 2015	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $71k–$192k after Steam's cut $130k–$296k before Steam's cut	$9.99	533 reviews Very Positive	Side Scroller2D Platformer
The Deletion 2015	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut	$1.99	228 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller
Nary 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$1.99	93 reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerAction Roguelike
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER 2023	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$228k before Steam's cut	$19.99	404 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerRunner
Soda Crisis 2022	Est. copies ≈ 80k–130k 6.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $242k–$650k after Steam's cut $440k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$10.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerRunner