How much revenue did Skybolt Zack make?

$12k–$32k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Skybolt Zack sell?

Q: How many copies did Skybolt Zack sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 106 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $21k–$49k before the cut; from 106 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 Skybolt Zack out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Skybolt Zack's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–54k

best case 517k (Mark of the Ninja)

Games like Skybolt Zack

The middle of these games

≈ 11k–54k copies

≈ $8k–$158k after Steam's cut

from ~468 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mark of the Ninja at ≈ 394k–640k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 449 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 25 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (8 of 8) and Side Scroller (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Stealth + Platformer.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, 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 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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Mark of the Ninja unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 394k–640k 34x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Stealth Platformer
Nitro Express 2025	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $100k–$269k after Steam's cut $182k–$413k before the cut	$12.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Side Scroller2D Platformer
Dragon Mine 2022	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $612–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$2.99	30 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller
JumpJet Rex 2015	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $71k–$192k after Steam's cut $130k–$295k before the cut	$9.99	532 reviews Very Positive	Side Scroller2D Platformer
The Deletion 2015	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before the cut	$1.99	228 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller
Nary 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$1.99	91 reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerAction Roguelike
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER 2023	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$228k before the cut	$19.99	404 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerRunner
Soda Crisis 2022	Est. copies ≈ 80k–130k 6.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $242k–$650k after Steam's cut $439k–$1000k before the cut	$10.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerRunner