How much revenue did Auralux: Constellations make?

$21k–$56k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Auralux: Constellations sell?

Q: How many copies did Auralux: Constellations sell?

8k to 12k copies, based on its 182 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–12k; $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$86k before the cut; from 182 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 Auralux: Constellations out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Auralux: Constellations's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.4M–5.5M

best case 4.8M (Total War: WARHAMMER III)

Games like Auralux: Constellations

The middle of these games

≈ 3.4M–5.5M copies

≈ $42.6M–$88.9M after Steam's cut

from ~71k 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: Total War: WARHAMMER III at ≈ 3.7M–6.0M copies, ≈ $60.5M–$162.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Grand Strategy (7 of 8) and RTS (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Grand Strategy, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2022, 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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Total War: WARHAMMER III 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $60.5M–$162.7M after Steam's cut $110.0M–$250.2M before the cut	$59.99	148k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Total War: SHOGUN 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–6.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $35.2M–$94.8M after Steam's cut $64.1M–$145.8M before the cut	$29.99	68k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
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Total War: WARHAMMER 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $35.9M–$96.5M after Steam's cut $65.3M–$148.5M before the cut	$59.99	52k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFantasy
Total War: WARHAMMER II 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $68.9M–$185.3M after Steam's cut $125.3M–$285.1M before the cut	$59.99	121k reviews Very Positive	StrategyFantasy
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