How much revenue did Black Ice make?

$207k–$557k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Black Ice sell?

Q: How many copies did Black Ice sell?

38k to 61k copies, based on its 673 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 38k–61k; $207k–$557k after Steam's cut $377k–$857k before the cut; from 673 reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Black Ice out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Black Ice's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 442k–710k

best case 15.7M (Palworld)

Games like Black Ice

The middle of these games

≈ 442k–710k copies

≈ $4.3M–$7.6M after Steam's cut

from ~17k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Palworld at ≈ 12.0M–19.4M copies, ≈ $98.7M–$265.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 12k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2k to 470k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Co-op + Creature Collector + Crafting; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2020 to 2026, 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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Palworld 2026	Est. copies ≈ 12.0M–19.4M 28x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $98.7M–$265.3M after Steam's cut $179.4M–$408.2M before the cut	$29.99	482k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
Ghosts of Tabor 2023	Est. copies ≈ 259k–421k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.4M before the cut	$24.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessAction
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator 2023	Est. copies ≈ 462k–751k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before the cut	$24.99	19k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureDriving
EVERSPACE™ 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 322k–523k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.9M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.3M before the cut	$49.99	13k reviews Very Positive	ShooterSpace
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers 2022	Est. copies ≈ 568k–922k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.4M before the cut	$29.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationCrime
Deep Rock Galactic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M 22x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $77.6M–$208.6M after Steam's cut $141.1M–$321.0M before the cut	$29.99	379k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DwarfCo-op
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