How much revenue did Skyborn make?

$399k–$1.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Skyborn sell?

Q: How many copies did Skyborn sell?

97k to 157k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 97k–157k; $399k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $725k–$1.6M before the cut; from 2k 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 Skyborn out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Skyborn's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–632k

best case 3.6M (Dishonored 2)

Games like Skyborn

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–632k copies

≈ $6k–$785k after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Dishonored 2 at ≈ 2.8M–4.5M copies, ≈ $22.9M–$61.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Female Protagonist (5 of 8) and RPGMaker (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Stealth + First-Person, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 61 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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MEMENTO 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$24k before the cut	$5.99	85 reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Tales of the Black Forest 2019	Est. copies ≈ 445k–724k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $489k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $889k–$2.0M before the cut	$3.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGRPGMaker
Grimm's Hollow 2019	Est. copies ≈ 420k–682k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayPixel Graphics
Eternal Senia 2015	Est. copies ≈ 588k–956k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeFree to Play
Dishonored 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.5M 9.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.9M–$61.5M after Steam's cut $41.6M–$94.7M before the cut	$29.99	67k reviews Very Positive	StealthFirst-Person
Detective Girl of the Steam City 2019	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $236k–$634k after Steam's cut $429k–$976k before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Sexual ContentRPG
Game Master Plus 2019	Est. copies ≈ 317–515 SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $609–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$6.99	11 reviews Positive	JRPGFemale Protagonist
Absurd Story: Back Home 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut	$6.99	50 reviews Very Positive	AdventureStory Rich