How much revenue did STANDBOX make?

$166k–$447k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did STANDBOX sell?

Q: How many copies did STANDBOX sell?

76k to 123k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 76k–123k; $166k–$447k after Steam's cut $302k–$688k before the cut; from 3k reviews (Very Positive)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 548k–1.5M

best case 12.0M (People Playground)

Games like STANDBOX

The middle of these games

≈ 548k–1.5M copies

≈ $4.6M–$21.6M after Steam's cut

from ~28k 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: People Playground at ≈ 9.1M–14.9M copies, ≈ $25.1M–$67.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 962 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 63 to 49k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Sandbox (7 of 8) and Physics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Gore, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2024, and 1 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 38 for the oldest, 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
People Playground 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9.1M–14.9M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.1M–$67.5M after Steam's cut $45.7M–$103.9M before the cut	$9.99	317k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGore
BONEWORKS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut $15.7M–$35.8M before the cut	$29.99	36k reviews Very Positive	VRPhysics
Blade and Sorcery 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.1M after Steam's cut $23.1M–$52.5M before the cut	$29.99	62k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRSwordplay
GoreBox 2023	Est. copies ≈ 611k–993k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.3M before the cut	$8.99	25k reviews Very Positive	GoreSandbox
HARD BULLET 2020	Est. copies ≈ 162k–263k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $891k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	VRGore
Gladio and Glory 2021	Est. copies ≈ 104k–169k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessPvP
Just Cause 4 Reloaded 2018	Est. copies ≈ 980k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	32k reviews Mixed	Open WorldAction
BONELAB 2022	Est. copies ≈ 502k–816k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.9M after Steam's cut $10.0M–$22.9M before the cut	$39.99	20k reviews Very Positive	VRPhysics