How much revenue did Skyward Collapse make?

$29k–$77k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Skyward Collapse sell?

Q: How many copies did Skyward Collapse sell?

21k to 34k copies, based on its 329 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 21k–34k; $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before the cut; from 329 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 Skyward Collapse out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Skyward Collapse's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–50k

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like Skyward Collapse

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–50k copies

≈ $5k–$458k after Steam's cut

from ~412 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.4M–$315.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 338 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 14 to 799.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (7 of 8) and God Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 61 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
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 709x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.4M–$315.8M after Steam's cut $213.5M–$485.8M before the cut	$29.99	292k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
The Odyssey: Winds of Athena 2015	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $43k–$116k after Steam's cut $78k–$178k before the cut	$4.99	644 reviews Mixed	IndieSimulation
EarthRoyale 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$40k before the cut	$7.99	179 reviews Very Positive	SimulationAlternate History
Gods of Havoc: Into the Void 2019	Est. copies ≈ 173–281 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $380–$1k after Steam's cut $691–$2k before the cut	$7.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	StrategyIndie
Reus 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 57k–92k 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $391k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $711k–$1.6M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	God GameColony Sim
Gods of Havoc: Fall to Earth 2019	Est. copies ≈ 115–187 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $252–$680 after Steam's cut $459–$1k before the cut	$7.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	IndieCasual
Cthulhu pub 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$9.99	47 reviews Mixed	SingleplayerReplay Value
Godhood 2020	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $200k–$539k after Steam's cut $364k–$829k before the cut	$26.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation