How much revenue did Capsized make?

$192k–$515k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Capsized sell?

Q: How many copies did Capsized sell?

70k to 113k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 70k–113k; $192k–$515k after Steam's cut $349k–$793k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Capsized and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Capsized's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–83k

best case 102k (HARDCORE MECHA)

Games like Capsized

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–83k copies

≈ $30k–$432k after Steam's cut

from ~947 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: HARDCORE MECHA at ≈ 77k–126k copies, ≈ $426k–$1.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (8 of 8) and Sci-fi (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mechs + Anime, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 1 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).

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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Cargo Commander 2012	Est. copies ≈ 59k–95k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $80k–$216k after Steam's cut $146k–$332k before Steam's cut	$4.99	926 reviews Very Positive	IndieProcedural Generation
Shadow Complex Remastered 2016	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $166k–$446k after Steam's cut $302k–$686k before Steam's cut	$14.99	967 reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaAction
STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ 2024	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $208k–$559k after Steam's cut $378k–$859k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Third-Person ShooterAction
DeadCore 2014	Est. copies ≈ 114k–186k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $314k–$845k after Steam's cut $571k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerAction
HARDCORE MECHA 2019	Est. copies ≈ 77k–126k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $426k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $774k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Spectacular Sparky 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before Steam's cut	$14.99	193 reviews Very Positive	ActionPlatformer
Explosionade DX 2015	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut	$5.99	86 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionPlatformer
Escape From BioStation 2017	Est. copies ≈ 826–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $906–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$3.99	24 reviews Mixed	ActionIndie