How much revenue did Sonar Scout make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sonar Scout sell?

Q: How many copies did Sonar Scout sell?

645 to 1k copies, based on its 26 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 645–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut; from 26 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 Sonar Scout out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sonar Scout's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–4k

best case 363k (Iron Lung)

Games like Sonar Scout

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–4k copies

≈ $6k–$18k after Steam's cut

from ~81 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Iron Lung at ≈ 277k–450k copies, ≈ $608k–$1.6M 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 23 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 679.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Underwater (8 of 8) and Exploration (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Underwater, priced around $19. The breakout hits carry Atmospheric + Indie + Psychological Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2023, and none of them 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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Iron Lung 2022	Est. copies ≈ 277k–450k 139x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $608k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$7.99	11k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
Biolum 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$3.99	123 reviews Very Positive	HorrorSci-fi
Depths of Sanity 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before the cut	$14.99	93 reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaUnderwater
Harmonic Depths 2023	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	15 reviews Positive	ExplorationImmersive Sim
Ocean Pressure 2023	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $591–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut	$2.99	29 reviews Mixed	ExplorationSubmarine
subROV : Underwater Discoveries 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before the cut	$19.99	68 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessUnderwater
Sub Command 2006	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $63k–$170k after Steam's cut $115k–$262k before the cut	$24.99	146 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation
Under The Waves 2023	Est. copies ≈ 53k–85k 26x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $433k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $788k–$1.8M before the cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureUnderwater