How much revenue did Steel Guardian make?

$265–$715 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Steel Guardian sell?

Q: How many copies did Steel Guardian sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $265–$715 after Steam's cut $481–$1k before the cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Thin evidence: 3 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 Steel Guardian out and predicted the genre from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Steel Guardian's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.9M–14.5M

best case 27.4M (Fallout 4)

Games like Steel Guardian

The middle of these games

≈ 3.9M–14.5M copies

≈ $29.7M–$70.1M after Steam's cut

from ~105k reviews

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

All 7 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Fallout 4 at ≈ 20.9M–34.0M copies, ≈ $114.9M–$308.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (6 of 7) and Exploration (5 of 7).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Post-apocalyptic, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 to 2024, and 1 of your 7 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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Fallout 4 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.9M–34.0M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.9M–$308.8M after Steam's cut $208.9M–$475.1M before the cut	$19.99	428k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldPost-apocalyptic
Enshrouded 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.5M–$57.7M after Steam's cut $39.0M–$88.8M before the cut	$29.99	105k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) 2009	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.8M–$37.1M after Steam's cut $25.1M–$57.1M before the cut	$14.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGOpen World
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) 2009	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $18.4M–$49.5M after Steam's cut $33.5M–$76.1M before the cut	$19.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGOpen World
Fallout: New Vegas 2010	Est. copies ≈ 16.5M–26.8M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $45.3M–$121.9M after Steam's cut $82.5M–$187.6M before the cut	$9.99	261k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldRPG
鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.6M–$82.3M after Steam's cut $55.7M–$126.7M before the cut	$19.99	225k reviews Mixed	ManagementSingleplayer
Fallout 3 2008	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.3M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$15.9M before the cut	$9.99	22k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldPost-apocalyptic