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How many copies did G-Darius HD sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 4k–7k
$34k–$91k after Steam's cut $61k–$140k before the cut
from 165 reviews (Very 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 G-Darius HD out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including G-Darius HD's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 305k–784k
best case 1.1M (My Friend Pedro)
Games like G-Darius HD

The middle of these games

≈ 305k–784k copies

≈ $1.1M–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: My Friend Pedro at ≈ 820k–1.3M copies, ≈ $4.5M–$12.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Shooter (6 of 8) and Side Scroller (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Shooter + Parkour, priced around $20.
The era
The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, 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 70 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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