How much revenue did SpaceEngine make?

An estimated 3.8M to 10.2M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SpaceEngine sell?

Q: How many copies did SpaceEngine sell?

An estimated 460k to 747k copies, based on its 16k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 460k–747k; $3.8M–$10.2M net $6.9M–$15.7M gross; from 16k 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 SpaceEngine out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SpaceEngine's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.8M–29.1M

best case 123.2M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

The First-Person lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 18.2M copies.

A typical game

≈ 18.2M copies

≈ $76.9M after Steam's cut

from ~334k reviews

Best case

≈ 123.2M copies

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

from 2.7M reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter, priced around $25.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2022, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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