How much revenue did Spoids make?

$5k–$15k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Spoids sell?

Q: How many copies did Spoids sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 115 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut; from 115 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 Spoids out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Spoids's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 879–6k

best case 14k (2112TD: Tower Defense Survival)

Games like Spoids

The middle of these games

≈ 879–6k copies

≈ $3k–$27k after Steam's cut

from ~70 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival at ≈ 11k–18k copies, ≈ $15k–$39k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 35 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7 to 228.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Tower Defense (7 of 8) and Real Time Tactics (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Sci-fi, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, 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 43 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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League TD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$3.99	79 reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin 2025	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $45k–$120k after Steam's cut $81k–$184k before the cut	$19.99	327 reviews Mixed	StrategyRPG
Molten Armor 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $10k–$24k before the cut	$9.99	61 reviews Mixed	StrategyTower Defense
Hijack Overdrive 2023	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$14.99	16 reviews Positive	ActionPlatformer
IRON GUARD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before the cut	$14.99	157 reviews Very Positive	VRTower Defense
2112TD: Tower Defense Survival 2023	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $15k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$60k before the cut	$4.79	444 reviews Very Positive	StrategyTower Defense
Cosmic Raze 2025	Est. copies ≈ 694–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $666–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$3.49	28 reviews Positive	StrategyTower Defense
Vermitron 2021	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$7.99	24 reviews Mostly Positive	Twin Stick Shooter Tower Defense