How much revenue did Blockships make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Blockships sell?

Q: How many copies did Blockships sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 25 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut; from 25 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 Blockships out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blockships's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 13k–178k

best case 900k (Tricky Towers)

Games like Blockships

The middle of these games

≈ 13k–178k copies

≈ $2k–$541k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tricky Towers at ≈ 686k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 21 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3 to 464.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Arena Shooter (5 of 8) and Battle Royale (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Party Game + Puzzle, priced around $15.
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).

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Tricky Towers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 686k–1.1M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before the cut	$14.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Party Game Puzzle
DRONE The Game 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42k–69k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mixed	Sci-fiMultiplayer
Seal: WHAT the FUN 2024	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	511 reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerParty Game
Titan Attacks! 2012	Est. copies ≈ 62k–100k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $170k–$457k after Steam's cut $309k–$702k before the cut	$9.99	978 reviews Very Positive	Arena ShooterSide Scroller
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Catnight 2023	Est. copies ≈ 942–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$4.99	38 reviews Mixed	Party GameMultiplayer