How much revenue did Swingularity make?

$306–$824 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Swingularity sell?

Q: How many copies did Swingularity sell?

223 to 363 copies, based on its 9 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 223–363; $306–$824 after Steam's cut $556–$1k before the cut; from 9 reviews (9 user reviews); Thin evidence: 9 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Swingularity out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Swingularity's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 700k–11.2M

best case 22.6M (No Man's Sky)

Games like Swingularity

The middle of these games

≈ 700k–11.2M copies

≈ $9.2M–$159.3M after Steam's cut

from ~54k 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: No Man's Sky at ≈ 17.2M–28.0M copies, ≈ $284.5M–$764.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 13k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 8k to 40k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Space (6 of 8) and Sandbox (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2024, 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

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No Man's Sky 2016	Est. copies ≈ 17.2M–28.0M 7.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $284.5M–$764.9M after Steam's cut $517.2M–$1176.7M before the cut	$59.99	415k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldOpen World Survival Craft
FTL: Faster Than Light 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.6M–$36.7M after Steam's cut $24.8M–$56.4M before the cut	$9.99	79k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSpace
Stellaris 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $112.6M–$302.8M after Steam's cut $204.7M–$465.8M before the cut	$49.99	197k reviews Very Positive	SpaceGrand Strategy
Hardspace: Shipbreaker 2022	Est. copies ≈ 554k–900k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.0M before the cut	$34.99	22k reviews Very Positive	SpaceSci-fi
X4: Foundations 2018	Est. copies ≈ 911k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.7M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.8M before the cut	$49.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSimulation
The Universim 2024	Est. copies ≈ 264k–429k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before the cut	$29.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	City BuilderGod Game
SpaceEngine 2019	Est. copies ≈ 472k–767k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.1M before the cut	$29.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessOpen World
Deep Rock Galactic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M 7.0x 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