How much revenue did Star Survivor make?

$19k–$52k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Star Survivor sell?

Q: How many copies did Star Survivor sell?

14k to 23k copies, based on its 563 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–23k; $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$79k before the cut; from 563 reviews (Mixed)

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 Star Survivor out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Star Survivor's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 404k–1.7M

best case 3.8M (Brotato)

Games like Star Survivor

The middle of these games

≈ 404k–1.7M copies

≈ $1.6M–$3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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: Brotato at ≈ 2.9M–4.8M copies, ≈ $4.0M–$10.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2k to 42k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Bullet Hell (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-like + Action Roguelike, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2026, and 3 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 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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Realm of the Mad God Exalt 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	48k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsMMORPG
Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 8.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.8M after Steam's cut $7.3M–$16.6M before the cut	$4.99	118k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSingleplayer
PANICORE 2024	Est. copies ≈ 321k–522k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $883k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut	$9.99	13k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Yet Another Zombie Survivors 2026	Est. copies ≈ 362k–588k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before the cut	$14.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
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20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 720k–1.2M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $989k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before the cut	$4.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Rogue: Genesia 2025	Est. copies ≈ 212k–344k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $874k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut	$14.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
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