How much revenue did Destroy It make?

$34k–$92k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Destroy It sell?

Q: How many copies did Destroy It sell?

620 to 1k copies, based on its 25 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 620–1k; $34k–$92k after Steam's cut $62k–$141k before the cut; from 25 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–49k

best case 262k (Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms)

Games like Destroy It

The middle of these games

≈ 8k–49k copies

≈ $26k–$120k after Steam's cut

from ~456 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms at ≈ 200k–325k copies, ≈ $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 175 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 17 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Action RPG (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $20.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 36 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
Premium Bowling 2019	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $77k–$207k after Steam's cut $140k–$319k before the cut	$19.99	487 reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
Duck Life 9: The Flock 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$58k before the cut	$9.99	206 reviews Very Positive	AdventureCasual
Meddl Dash 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$0.99	264 reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction
Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms 2025	Est. copies ≈ 200k–325k 18x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before the cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSimulation
Fera: The Sundered Tribes 2024	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$120k before the cut	$9.99	425 reviews Mixed	Early AccessMultiplayer
I Am Jesus Christ: Prologue 2022	Est. copies ≈ 30k–48k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
The Genesis Project 2022	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAdventure
Silent Sector 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $15k–$41k after Steam's cut $28k–$63k before the cut	$14.99	148 reviews Very Positive	IndieRPG