How much revenue did Arcade Moonlander make?

$11k–$31k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Arcade Moonlander sell?

Q: How many copies did Arcade Moonlander sell?

42k to 68k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 42k–68k; $11k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$47k before the cut; from 1k 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 Arcade Moonlander out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Arcade Moonlander's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 45k–320k

best case 554k (Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing)

Games like Arcade Moonlander

The middle of these games

≈ 45k–320k copies

≈ $719k–$1.7M 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: Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing at ≈ 422k–686k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 175 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 65 to 429.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Flight (8 of 8) and Racing (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Flight, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
SKYE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 33k–54k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	IndieFree to Play
FPV SkyDive : FPV Drone Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	FlightExploration
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 422k–686k 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before the cut	$19.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationFlight
Aerofly FS 4 Flight Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $577k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before the cut	$59.99	1k reviews Very Positive	FlightRacing
Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 193k–313k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $794k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before the cut	$14.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationFlight
Aerofly FS 2 Flight Simulator 2017	Est. copies ≈ 70k–113k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $958k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before the cut	$49.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	FlightSimulation
Superflight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 398k–647k 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $327k–$880k after Steam's cut $595k–$1.4M before the cut	$2.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FlightIndie
Kitten Burst 2024	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $103k–$235k before the cut	$19.99	417 reviews Very Positive	RacingFlight