How much revenue did Atom Zombie Smasher make?

$365k–$981k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Atom Zombie Smasher sell?

Q: How many copies did Atom Zombie Smasher sell?

133k to 216k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 133k–216k; $365k–$981k after Steam's cut $664k–$1.5M before the cut; from 2k 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 Atom Zombie Smasher out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Atom Zombie Smasher's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 82k–119k

best case 12.9M (Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition)

Games like Atom Zombie Smasher

The middle of these games

≈ 82k–119k copies

≈ $254k–$555k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition at ≈ 9.8M–16.0M copies, ≈ $13.5M–$36.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 320 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 36 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Tower Defense (8 of 8) and Zombies (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Zombies, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Zombies + Singleplayer + Classic; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, and 2 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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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition 2009	Est. copies ≈ 9.8M–16.0M 62x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.5M–$36.2M after Steam's cut $24.5M–$55.8M before the cut	$4.99	155k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseZombies
Artisan TD 2024	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $291k–$782k after Steam's cut $529k–$1.2M before the cut	$16.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.8M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.5M before the cut	$29.99	51k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
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Minimalist Tower Defense 2024	Est. copies ≈ 46k–74k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $63k–$168k after Steam's cut $114k–$259k before the cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Zombo Buster Advance 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$23k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before the cut	$4.99	248 reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie
Ultimate Zombie Defense 2020	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $163k–$438k after Steam's cut $296k–$673k before the cut	$4.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ActionCasual
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