How much revenue did Nova Drift make?

$1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nova Drift sell?

Q: How many copies did Nova Drift sell?

361k to 587k copies, based on its 15k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 361k–587k; $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before the cut; from 15k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Nova Drift out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Nova Drift's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 118k–1.9M

best case 4.9M (Enter the Gungeon)

Games like Nova Drift

The middle of these games

≈ 118k–1.9M copies

≈ $789k–$8.5M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Enter the Gungeon at ≈ 3.7M–6.1M copies, ≈ $15.4M–$41.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Bullet Hell (4 of 4) and Action Roguelike (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Bullet Hell + Action Roguelike, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 61 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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20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 720k–1.2M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $989k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before the cut	$4.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Time Wasters 2023	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $89k–$239k after Steam's cut $162k–$368k before the cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Assault Android Cactus+ 2015	Est. copies ≈ 98k–160k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $541k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $983k–$2.2M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Bullet Hell Twin Stick Shooter
Enter the Gungeon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M 5.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.4M after Steam's cut $28.0M–$63.6M before the cut	$14.99	90k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike