How much revenue did ASTROSWARM make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ASTROSWARM sell?

Q: How many copies did ASTROSWARM sell?

843 to 1k copies, based on its 34 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 843–1k; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut; from 34 reviews (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 ASTROSWARM out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ASTROSWARM's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–62k

best case 151k (Immortal Redneck)

Games like ASTROSWARM

The middle of these games

≈ 10k–62k copies

≈ $31k–$466k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: Immortal Redneck at ≈ 115k–187k copies, ≈ $630k–$1.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 263 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 19 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (8 of 8) and Action Roguelike (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + FPS, priced around $20.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 43 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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Immortal Redneck 2017	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $630k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before the cut	$19.95	3k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Ziggurat 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 37k–61k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $256k–$689k after Steam's cut $466k–$1.1M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rogue-lite
DIMENSIONAL SLAUGHTER 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before the cut	$7.99	127 reviews Mostly Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
ROBOBEAT 2024	Est. copies ≈ 46k–74k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $251k–$675k after Steam's cut $457k–$1.0M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRhythm
Voidborn 2025	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $32k–$87k after Steam's cut $59k–$134k before the cut	$12.99	365 reviews Very Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
GRUEL 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before the cut	$9.99	105 reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterArcade
Impaler Gold 2022	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $36k–$83k before the cut	$4.99	588 reviews Very Positive	Action Roguelike1990's
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