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How many copies did Nexus 5X sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 23k–38k
$96k–$258k after Steam's cut $175k–$397k before the cut
from 940 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Nexus 5X out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nexus 5X's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 341k–524k
best case 3.6M (Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer(大富翁))
Games like Nexus 5X

The middle of these games

≈ 341k–524k copies

≈ $2.6M–$3.5M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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: Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer(大富翁) at ≈ 2.8M–4.5M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 778 to 7k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Board Game (8 of 8) and Tabletop (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Board Game, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2015 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer(大富翁)
2017
Est. copies
≈ 2.8M–4.5M
6.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
80k reviews
Mixed
Board GameFree to Play
Wingspan
2020
Est. copies
≈ 297k–482k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before the cut
$19.99
12k reviews
Very Positive
BuildingBoard Game
UNO
2017
Est. copies
≈ 1.9M–3.0M
4.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before the cut
$9.99
54k reviews
Mostly Positive
Card GameMultiplayer
Richman10
2019
Est. copies
≈ 423k–688k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before the cut
$13.99
15k reviews
Mixed
CasualMultiplayer
Axis & Allies 1942 Online
2021
Est. copies
≈ 126k–205k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$695k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut
$19.99
5k reviews
Mostly Positive
WargameBoard Game
For The King II
2023
Est. copies
≈ 399k–648k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before the cut
$24.99
16k reviews
Mostly Positive
AdventureRPG
Tabletop Simulator
2015
Est. copies
≈ 3.6M–5.9M
6.2x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$19.9M–$53.6M after Steam's cut $36.2M–$82.4M before the cut
$19.99
74k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
TabletopBoard Game
Card Hunter
2015
Est. copies
≈ 260k–422k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
5k reviews
Very Positive
Free to PlayCard Game

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