How much revenue did SkateBIRD make?

$107k–$287k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SkateBIRD sell?

Q: How many copies did SkateBIRD sell?

19k to 32k copies, based on its 783 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19k–32k; $107k–$287k after Steam's cut $194k–$442k before Steam's cut; from 783 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 SkateBIRD and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SkateBIRD's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–26.7M

best case 129.3M (Terraria)

Games like SkateBIRD

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–26.7M copies

≈ $4k–$107.4M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Terraria at ≈ 98.5M–160.1M copies, ≈ $270.6M–$727.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 8k reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sports (6 of 8) and Sandbox (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Sandbox, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2025, and 3 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
BMX The Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $102k–$274k after Steam's cut $185k–$421k before Steam's cut	$24.99	597 reviews Mixed	BMXSports
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 98.5M–160.1M 1312x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $270.6M–$727.5M after Steam's cut $492.0M–$1119.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.6M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
Garry's Mod 2006	Est. copies ≈ 80.0M–130.1M 1067x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $219.9M–$591.3M after Steam's cut $399.8M–$909.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.3M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxModdable
Session: Skate Sim 2022	Est. copies ≈ 394k–640k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$17.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSports
GRINDSHIFT 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$112 before Steam's cut	$3.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	ActionAdventure
cheapskate 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$4.99	84 reviews Very Positive	SportsAction
JUST SKATEBOARD 2024	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $204–$551 after Steam's cut $371–$847 before Steam's cut	$5.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	SimulationSports
STORROR Parkour Pro 2025	Est. copies ≈ 44k–72k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $303k–$815k after Steam's cut $551k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessParkour