How much revenue did Destroiders make?

$55–$147 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Destroiders sell?

Q: How many copies did Destroiders sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $55–$147 after Steam's cut $100–$226 before the cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Thin evidence: 2 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 Destroiders out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Destroiders's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 195–581

best case 3k (Solar Struggle)

Games like Destroiders

The middle of these games

≈ 195–581 copies

≈ $311–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~12 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: Solar Struggle at ≈ 2k–3k copies, ≈ $3k–$9k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 9 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 Arcade (6 of 8) and Space Sim (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Arcade + Shoot 'Em Up, priced around $6.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 70 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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Debris Infinity 2017	Est. copies ≈ 654–1k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $898–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$4.99	19 reviews Positive	ArcadeCasual
Solar Struggle 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$5.99	35 reviews Mostly Negative	ActionIndie
T. B. P. 2021	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut	$24.99	15 reviews Mixed	Side ScrollerFlight
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NEW TERRA® 2022	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $239–$640 after Steam's cut $434–$985 before the cut	$4.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	SpaceShooter
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