How much revenue did SkyDrift make?

$206k–$554k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SkyDrift sell?

Q: How many copies did SkyDrift sell?

75k to 122k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 75k–122k; $206k–$554k after Steam's cut $375k–$852k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 SkyDrift and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SkyDrift's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 258k–545k

best case 1.5M (Trailmakers)

Games like SkyDrift

A typical game among these

≈ 258k–545k copies

≈ $1.1M–$2.8M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Trailmakers at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $7.8M–$21.0M 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 Flight (6 of 8) and Racing (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Action-Adventure, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Family Friendly + Co-op Campaign + Online Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2021, 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).

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SimplePlanes 2015	Est. copies ≈ 533k–865k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$12.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FlightSandbox
Redout: Enhanced Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 194k–316k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RacingFlight
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Trailmakers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.0M after Steam's cut $14.2M–$32.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Very Positive	SpaceAction
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