How much revenue did PositronX make?

$11k–$30k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PositronX sell?

Q: How many copies did PositronX sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 82 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before the cut; from 82 reviews (Mostly 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 PositronX out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PositronX's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 79k–103k

best case 793k (Roboquest)

Games like PositronX

The middle of these games

≈ 79k–103k copies

≈ $445k–$473k 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.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Roboquest at ≈ 604k–981k copies, ≈ $4.1M–$11.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (8 of 8) and Rogue-lite (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Action Roguelike, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Fast-Paced + Procedural Generation; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 70 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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Roboquest 2023	Est. copies ≈ 604k–981k 17x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.2M before the cut	$24.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
Heavy Bullets 2014	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $241k–$649k after Steam's cut $439k–$998k before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Tower of Guns 2014	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $289k–$777k after Steam's cut $525k–$1.2M before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	FPSFirst-Person
Ziggurat 2014	Est. copies ≈ 222k–361k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $916k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteAction
Immortal Redneck 2017	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $630k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before the cut	$19.95	3k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 78k–127k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $216k–$580k after Steam's cut $392k–$892k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeIndie
Killing Room 2016	Est. copies ≈ 60k–98k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $248k–$667k after Steam's cut $451k–$1.0M before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mixed	ActionFPS
Ziggurat 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 37k–61k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $256k–$689k after Steam's cut $466k–$1.1M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rogue-lite