How much revenue did PewPew! make?

$61–$164 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PewPew! sell?

Q: How many copies did PewPew! sell?

223 to 363 copies, based on its 9 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 223–363; $61–$164 after Steam's cut $110–$252 before the cut; from 9 reviews (9 user reviews); Thin evidence: 9 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 PewPew! out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PewPew!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 13k–83k

best case 537k (Rebel Galaxy)

Games like PewPew!

The middle of these games

≈ 13k–83k copies

≈ $24k–$475k after Steam's cut

from ~381 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: Rebel Galaxy at ≈ 409k–665k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Space (6 of 8) and Space Sim (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Open World, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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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Rebel Galaxy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 409k–665k 22x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before the cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SpaceOpen World
Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD 2012	Est. copies ≈ 143k–232k 5.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $313k–$842k after Steam's cut $569k–$1.3M before the cut	$7.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceThird-Person Shooter
Exocraft 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	356 reviews Mixed	SpaceshipsMassively Multiplayer
Yargis - Space Melee 2015	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $17k–$40k before the cut	$2.99	238 reviews Mixed	IndieCasual
Vector 36 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $27k–$72k after Steam's cut $49k–$111k before the cut	$10.99	257 reviews Very Positive	Combat RacingRacing
Redout 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $202k–$542k after Steam's cut $367k–$835k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	RacingFlight
VOYAGER 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$1.99	166 reviews Very Positive	Space SimSimulation
1000 days to escape 2019	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before the cut	$4.99	405 reviews Very Positive	CasualIndie