How much revenue did Anstorm make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Anstorm sell?

Q: How many copies did Anstorm sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 74 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 74 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 Anstorm and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Anstorm's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 106k–275k

best case 2.1M (HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition)

Games like Anstorm

A typical game among these

≈ 106k–275k copies

≈ $729k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition at ≈ 1.6M–2.7M copies, ≈ $9.0M–$24.1M 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 Twin Stick Shooter (8 of 8) and Top-Down Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Top-Down Shooter, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Co-op + Online Co-Op + Local Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, 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 70 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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Crimsonland 2014	Est. copies ≈ 175k–285k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $674k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$13.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionShooter
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut $16.3M–$37.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpCo-op
Assault Android Cactus+ 2015	Est. copies ≈ 99k–160k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $542k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $985k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Bullet Hell Twin Stick Shooter
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 243k–396k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Twin Stick ShooterAction
Halo: Spartan Assault 2014	Est. copies ≈ 277k–449k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $227k–$611k after Steam's cut $413k–$941k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionTop-Down Shooter
ANVIL 2023	Est. copies ≈ 54k–89k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $374k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $681k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mixed	Top-Down ShooterAction Roguelike
Nex Machina 2017	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $416k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $756k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Twin Stick Shooter Bullet Hell
SYNTHETIK 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 87k–141k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $476k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $866k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessRogue-lite