How much revenue did Solomon Snow: First Contact make?

$239–$640 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Solomon Snow: First Contact sell?

Q: How many copies did Solomon Snow: First Contact sell?

174 to 282 copies, based on its 7 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174–282; $239–$640 after Steam's cut $434–$985 before the cut; from 7 reviews (7 user reviews); Thin evidence: 7 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 Solomon Snow: First Contact out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Solomon Snow: First Contact's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 84k–193k

best case 394k (Alien Shooter)

Games like Solomon Snow: First Contact

The middle of these games

≈ 84k–193k copies

≈ $187k–$583k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Alien Shooter at ≈ 300k–488k copies, ≈ $412k–$1.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Aliens (8 of 8) and Shooter (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shooter + Gore, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2015, 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 61 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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Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded 2009	Est. copies ≈ 227k–369k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $312k–$838k after Steam's cut $566k–$1.3M before the cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AliensLooter Shooter
Shadowgrounds 2006	Est. copies ≈ 103k–167k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $197k–$530k after Steam's cut $358k–$816k before the cut	$6.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterSci-fi
Alien Breed 2: Assault 2010	Est. copies ≈ 67k–108k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $183k–$492k after Steam's cut $333k–$757k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionShooter
Alien Shooter 2 Conscription 2012	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $110k–$296k after Steam's cut $200k–$455k before the cut	$9.99	634 reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Alien Shooter 2009	Est. copies ≈ 300k–488k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $412k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $749k–$1.7M before the cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ShooterAction
Halo: Spartan Strike 2015	Est. copies ≈ 83k–135k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $68k–$184k after Steam's cut $124k–$283k before the cut	$2.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionTop-Down Shooter
Alien Breed: Impact 2010	Est. copies ≈ 120k–195k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $330k–$888k after Steam's cut $601k–$1.4M before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionShooter
Alien Shooter: Revisited 2009	Est. copies ≈ 55k–90k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $76k–$204k after Steam's cut $138k–$313k before the cut	$4.99	873 reviews Mixed	ActionRPG