How much revenue did SkateLab make?

$11k–$30k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SkateLab sell?

Q: How many copies did SkateLab sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 95 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before the cut; from 95 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 SkateLab out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SkateLab's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–55k

best case 145k (BMX Streets)

Games like SkateLab

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–55k copies

≈ $47k–$273k after Steam's cut

from ~520 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: BMX Streets at ≈ 110k–179k copies, ≈ $758k–$2.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 254 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 28 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (6 of 8) and Skateboarding (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sports + Simulation, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2024, and 3 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).

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The Ramp 2021	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $63k–$171k after Steam's cut $115k–$263k before the cut	$5.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSports
Skate City 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$42k after Steam's cut $29k–$65k before the cut	$14.99	154 reviews Very Positive	SkatingSkateboarding
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BMX Streets 2024	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $758k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
VR Skater 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $35k–$94k after Steam's cut $64k–$145k before the cut	$19.99	257 reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingVR
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