How much revenue did Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game make?

$5.7M–$15.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game sell?

517k to 840k copies, based on its 20k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 517k–840k; $5.7M–$15.3M after Steam's cut $10.3M–$23.5M before the cut; from 20k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 217k–615k

best case 973k (Riders Republic)

The Sports genre

4 of your 8 similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 217k–615k copies

≈ $1.9M–$9.5M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

Best case

≈ 741k–1.2M copies

Riders Republic · ≈ $8.2M–$21.9M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Sports (5 of 8) and Skateboarding (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Open World, priced around $40.
The era: Only 1 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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