How much revenue did Solar Purge make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Solar Purge sell?

Q: How many copies did Solar Purge sell?

868 to 1k copies, based on its 35 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 868–1k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut; from 35 reviews (Mostly 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 Solar Purge and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Solar Purge's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–47k

best case 134k (10 Minutes Till Dawn)

Games like Solar Purge

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–47k copies

≈ $6k–$182k after Steam's cut

from ~223 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: 10 Minutes Till Dawn at ≈ 102k–166k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 131 reviews in their first month; the range was 20 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Top-Down Shooter (6 of 8) and Twin Stick Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shoot 'Em Up + Action Roguelike.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 52 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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From Space 2022	Est. copies ≈ 48k–79k 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $200k–$537k after Steam's cut $363k–$825k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mixed	ActionCo-op
Ants Took My Eyeball 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $23k–$62k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before Steam's cut	$12.99	262 reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLoot
Madville+ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $551–$1k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$2.99	27 reviews Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
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Zombie Hunter, Inc. 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$9.99	26 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessAction RPG
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