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How many copies did Space Crisis sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 25–40
$55–$146 after Steam's cut $100–$224 before the cut
from 1 reviews (1 user reviews)
Thin evidence: 1 review. 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.

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We left Space Crisis out and predicted the genre from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Space Crisis's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–28k
best case 75k (Will Glow the Wisp)
Games like Space Crisis

The middle of these games

≈ 3k–28k copies

≈ $12k–$37k after Steam's cut

from ~192 reviews

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

1 of your 7 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Will Glow the Wisp at ≈ 57k–93k copies, ≈ $31k–$84k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 16 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 10 to 26.
Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Side Scroller (7 of 7) and Platformer (6 of 7).
The winners
Winners here lead with Side Scroller + Bullet Hell, priced around $2.
The era
The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of your 7 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).

Similar games

Will Glow the Wisp
2017
Est. copies
≈ 57k–93k
8.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$31k–$84k after Steam's cut $57k–$129k before the cut
$1.99
2k reviews
Very Positive
Side ScrollerBullet Hell
Welcome Back To 2007 Part II
2018
Est. copies
≈ 15k–24k
2.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$20k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before the cut
$4.99
487 reviews
Mixed
IndieCasual
Asteroid Drift
2024
Est. copies
≈ 719–1k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$591–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut
$2.99
29 reviews
Positive
Jet Kave Adventure
2021
Est. copies
≈ 3k–5k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$58k before the cut
$14.99
136 reviews
Very Positive
PlatformerSide Scroller
Spectacular Sparky
2021
Est. copies
≈ 5k–8k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$81k before the cut
$14.99
192 reviews
Very Positive
ActionPlatformer
Monsti
2016
Est. copies
≈ 28k–45k
3.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before the cut
$0.99
663 reviews
Mixed
IndieCasual
Cave Runner
2017
Est. copies
≈ 2k–3k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before the cut
$11.99
50 reviews
Mixed
Side ScrollerPrecision Platformer

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