How much revenue did Aquanox Deep Descent make?

$142k–$383k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Aquanox Deep Descent sell?

Q: How many copies did Aquanox Deep Descent sell?

17k to 28k copies, based on its 696 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–28k; $142k–$383k after Steam's cut $259k–$589k before the cut; from 696 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 Aquanox Deep Descent out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Aquanox Deep Descent's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–56k

best case 64.7M (War Thunder)

Games like Aquanox Deep Descent

The middle of these games

≈ 11k–56k copies

≈ $47k–$232k after Steam's cut

from ~367 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: War Thunder at ≈ 49.3M–80.1M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 234 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 11 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Flight (5 of 8) and FPS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Vehicular Combat. The breakout hits carry Combat + Free to Play + VR; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2025, 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 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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War Thunder 2013	Est. copies ≈ 49.3M–80.1M 2125x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	780k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
WWII Online 2023	Est. copies ≈ 94k–153k 10x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mixed	FlightFPS
Vietnam War 2025	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $178k–$480k after Steam's cut $325k–$738k before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessFPS
Winter War 1939 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$4.99	155 reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
Aggressor 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $25k–$69k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before the cut	$19.99	187 reviews Mixed	Early AccessAction
Airmen 2017	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $93k–$212k before the cut	$14.99	361 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionIndie
DRONE The Game 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42k–69k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mixed	Sci-fiMultiplayer
Combat Air Patrol 2: Military Flight Simulator 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $126k–$339k after Steam's cut $229k–$521k before the cut	$29.99	367 reviews Mixed	Early AccessFlight