How much revenue did Aircraft Evolution make?

$20k–$53k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Aircraft Evolution sell?

Q: How many copies did Aircraft Evolution sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 260 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$81k before the cut; from 260 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 Aircraft Evolution out and predicted the genre from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Aircraft Evolution's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–36k

best case 161k (Altitude)

Games like Aircraft Evolution

The middle of these games

≈ 15k–36k copies

≈ $21k–$53k after Steam's cut

from ~487 reviews

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

2 of your 7 similar games are hits.

Best case: Altitude at ≈ 123k–199k copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Side Scroller (6 of 7) and Arcade (5 of 7).
The winners: Winners here lead with Side Scroller + Flight, priced around $2. The breakout hits carry Flight + Difficult + Relaxing; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, and 1 of your 7 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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