How much revenue did Solar Purge make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Solar Purge sell?

Q: How many copies did Solar Purge sell?

868 to 1k copies, based on its 35 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 868–1k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before the cut; from 35 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 Solar Purge out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Solar Purge's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–47k

best case 135k (10 Minutes Till Dawn)

Games like Solar Purge

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–47k copies

≈ $6k–$182k after Steam's cut

from ~222 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: 10 Minutes Till Dawn at ≈ 102k–167k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 130 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 20 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Top-Down Shooter (6 of 8) and Twin Stick Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shoot 'Em Up + Action Roguelike.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 52 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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