How much revenue did Sugar Tanks make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sugar Tanks sell?

Q: How many copies did Sugar Tanks sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 44 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut; from 44 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 Sugar Tanks out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sugar Tanks's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 342–570

best case 749 (Tanks, But No Tanks)

Games like Sugar Tanks

The middle of these games

≈ 342–570 copies

≈ $709–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~16 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: Tanks, But No Tanks at ≈ 570–927 copies, ≈ $1k–$3k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 6 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 15.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Bullet Hell (6 of 8) and Tanks (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $8.
The era: Only 1 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Tanks, But No Tanks 2023	Est. copies ≈ 570–927	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$7.99	23 reviews Positive	ActionAdventure
OrbiTank 2022	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	16 reviews Positive	Local MultiplayerCasual
Tanklike 2020	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $750–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$9.99	11 reviews Positive	ActionArcade
Saffron Fields 2022	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $872–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$7.99	16 reviews Positive	TanksPhysics
Techno Tanks 2021	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $579–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut	$4.99	17 reviews Positive	TanksArcade
Laser Tanks 2024	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $776–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$5.99	19 reviews Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
BATTLE PART 2022	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $61–$164 after Steam's cut $110–$252 before the cut	$0.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	ActionShooter
Tank Warz! 2022	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $191–$512 after Steam's cut $347–$788 before the cut	$3.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	Arena ShooterBullet Hell