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How many copies did Ghostship Chronicles sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 818–1k
$6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut
from 33 reviews (Mixed)

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 Ghostship Chronicles and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ghostship Chronicles's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–3.0M
best case 56.3M (Warframe)
Games like Ghostship Chronicles

A typical game among these

≈ 1.2M–3.0M copies

≈ $4.4M–$17.4M after Steam's cut

from ~23k 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: Warframe at ≈ 42.9M–69.7M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Third-Person Shooter (5 of 8) and Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Action RPG + Looter Shooter, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry RPG + Action RPG + Post-apocalyptic; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2009 to 2020, 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).

Similar games

Warframe
2013
Est. copies
≈ 42.9M–69.7M
29x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
678k reviews
Very Positive
Free to PlayAction RPG
Fallout 4
2015
Est. copies
≈ 21.0M–34.1M
18x vs typical
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$115.2M–$309.7M after Steam's cut $209.4M–$476.5M before Steam's cut
$19.99
429k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldPost-apocalyptic
STAR WARS™ Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)
2009
Est. copies
≈ 3.4M–5.6M
2.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$9.4M–$25.4M after Steam's cut $17.1M–$39.0M before Steam's cut
$9.99
54k reviews
Very Positive
ActionMultiplayer
ORION: Prelude
2013
Est. copies
≈ 1.8M–2.9M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$488k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $887k–$2.0M before Steam's cut
$0.99
28k reviews
Mostly Positive
DinosaursAction
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
2009
Est. copies
≈ 875k–1.4M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$9.9M before Steam's cut
$9.99
14k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ActionSci-fi
Resident Evil Revelations
2013
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–1.9M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$6.4M–$17.3M after Steam's cut $11.7M–$26.7M before Steam's cut
$19.99
19k reviews
Very Positive
HorrorAction
Defiance
2014
Est. copies
≈ 706k–1.1M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
13k reviews
Mostly Positive
Free to PlayLooter Shooter
STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II
2020
Est. copies
≈ 2.5M–4.0M
4.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$27.3M–$73.4M after Steam's cut $49.7M–$113.0M before Steam's cut
$39.99
100k reviews
Very Positive
MultiplayerShooter

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