How much revenue did Exile Squadron make?

$521–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Exile Squadron sell?

Q: How many copies did Exile Squadron sell?

634 to 1k copies, based on its 22 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 634–1k; $521–$1k after Steam's cut $948–$2k before the cut; from 22 reviews (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 Exile Squadron out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Exile Squadron's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–5k

best case 160k (Super Amazing Wagon Adventure)

Games like Exile Squadron

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–5k copies

≈ $2k–$41k after Steam's cut

from ~71 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Super Amazing Wagon Adventure at ≈ 122k–198k copies, ≈ $100k–$269k after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 8 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 19.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Shoot 'Em Up (8 of 8) and Side Scroller (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Side Scroller, priced around $3. The breakout hits carry Twin Stick Shooter + Western + Comedy; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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 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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Gimel Dimension 2018	Est. copies ≈ 669–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before the cut	$9.99	22 reviews Mixed	Side ScrollerShoot 'Em Up
Soulvester VS Lil' Beezey 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $344–$926 after Steam's cut $626–$1k before the cut	$0.99	51 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeSide Scroller
SCRUMLORDS 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before the cut	$0.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Action RoguelikeSide Scroller
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