How much revenue did Space Prison make?

$39k–$106k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Space Prison sell?

Q: How many copies did Space Prison sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 288 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $39k–$106k after Steam's cut $71k–$162k before the cut; from 288 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 Space Prison out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Space Prison's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 317–4k

best case 16k (Capes)

Games like Space Prison

The middle of these games

≈ 317–4k copies

≈ $2k–$23k after Steam's cut

from ~18 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Capes at ≈ 13k–20k copies, ≈ $138k–$370k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 279 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Strategy RPG (7 of 8) and Turn-Based Strategy (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Tactics + Superhero, priced around $40.
The era: 6 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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