How much revenue did Starstruck: Hands of Time make?

$39k–$105k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Starstruck: Hands of Time sell?

Q: How many copies did Starstruck: Hands of Time sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 287 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $39k–$105k after Steam's cut $71k–$162k before the cut; from 287 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 Starstruck: Hands of Time out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Starstruck: Hands of Time's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 662k–1.6M

best case 11.3M (Life is Strange - Episode 1)

Games like Starstruck: Hands of Time

The middle of these games

≈ 662k–1.6M copies

≈ $5.2M–$15.5M after Steam's cut

from ~26k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Life is Strange - Episode 1 at ≈ 8.6M–13.9M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (7 of 8) and Choices Matter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Atmospheric + FPS + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2021, 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 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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