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How many copies did Space Shooter sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 149–242
$41–$109 after Steam's cut $74–$168 before the cut
from 6 reviews (6 user reviews)
Thin evidence: 6 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Space Shooter out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Space Shooter's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–44k
best case 91k (Army of Ruin)
Games like Space Shooter

The middle of these games

≈ 12k–44k copies

≈ $35k–$73k after Steam's cut

from ~389 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Army of Ruin at ≈ 69k–112k copies, ≈ $152k–$409k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 212 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 23 to 1k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Bullet Hell (8 of 8) and Shoot 'Em Up (8 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $8.
The era
The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, and 1 of your 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 52 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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Est. copies
≈ 22k–36k
2.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 100k–200k
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$2.99
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Stellar Interface
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Est. copies
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Est. copies
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