How much revenue did Starpoint Gemini 3 make?

$179k–$482k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Starpoint Gemini 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Starpoint Gemini 3 sell?

22k to 35k copies, based on its 877 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–35k; $179k–$482k after Steam's cut $326k–$742k before Steam's cut; from 877 reviews (Mixed)

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 Starpoint Gemini 3 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Starpoint Gemini 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 918k–1.2M

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like Starpoint Gemini 3

A typical game among these

≈ 918k–1.2M copies

≈ $9.9M–$23.3M after Steam's cut

from ~30k 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: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.2M–11.7M copies, ≈ $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 16k reviews in their first month; the range was 12k to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Space (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, 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 61 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
STAR WARS™: Squadrons 2020	Est. copies ≈ 699k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	28k reviews Mixed	FlightSpace
X4: Foundations 2018	Est. copies ≈ 920k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.0M after Steam's cut $23.0M–$52.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSimulation
Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.0M–$35.0M after Steam's cut $23.6M–$53.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSpace
Empyrion - Galactic Survival 2020	Est. copies ≈ 854k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	34k reviews Mostly Positive	Simulation Co-op
Dyson Sphere Program 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.7M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationSpace
Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut $143.6M–$326.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	147k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Hardspace: Shipbreaker 2022	Est. copies ≈ 557k–905k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.4M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	22k reviews Very Positive	SpaceSci-fi
Elite Dangerous 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.5M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.9M–$77.8M after Steam's cut $52.6M–$119.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	108k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSpace