How much revenue did Sci-Fantasy Defence make?

$819–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sci-Fantasy Defence sell?

Q: How many copies did Sci-Fantasy Defence sell?

149 to 242 copies, based on its 6 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 149–242; $819–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k 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 Sci-Fantasy Defence out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sci-Fantasy Defence's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–15k

best case 155k (Pistol Whip)

Games like Sci-Fantasy Defence

The middle of these games

≈ 10k–15k copies

≈ $58k–$76k after Steam's cut

from ~268 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: Pistol Whip at ≈ 118k–192k copies, ≈ $977k–$2.6M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 62 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 55 to 1k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (8 of 8) and FPS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Shooter, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Shooter + Action + Rhythm; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2022, 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 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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Pistol Whip 2019	Est. copies ≈ 118k–192k 15x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $977k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$166k before the cut	$19.99	294 reviews Very Positive	ActionRogue-lite
COMPOUND 2022	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $291k–$784k after Steam's cut $530k–$1.2M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-lite
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Disassembly VR 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $42k–$112k after Steam's cut $76k–$173k before the cut	$29.99	176 reviews Mixed	SimulationAction
Blaston 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	576 reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerStrategy
A Legend of Luca 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $23k–$63k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before the cut	$9.99	204 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
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