How much revenue did Unlanded make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Unlanded sell?

Q: How many copies did Unlanded sell?

918 to 1k copies, based on its 37 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 918–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 37 reviews (Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Unlanded and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Unlanded's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 935k–1.9M

best case 2.4M (Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition)

Games like Unlanded

A typical game among these

≈ 935k–1.9M copies

≈ $10.2M–$17.1M after Steam's cut

from ~38k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition at ≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies, ≈ $29.9M–$80.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the range was 26 to 73k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Flight (7 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Flight, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2026, and 1 of the 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
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition 2026	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.9M–$80.5M after Steam's cut $54.4M–$123.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	73k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFlight
Superflight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 399k–648k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $328k–$881k after Steam's cut $596k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$2.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FlightIndie
VTOL VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 752k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.7M after Steam's cut $11.3M–$25.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FlightVR
X-Plane 11 2017	Est. copies ≈ 699k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.8M–$15.5M after Steam's cut $10.5M–$23.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight
Stormworks: Build and Rescue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	60k reviews Very Positive	SandboxBase-Building
Gravitators 2021	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut	$9.99	29 reviews Positive	Top-Down ShooterTwin Stick Shooter
FLASHOUT 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$87k before Steam's cut	$19.99	154 reviews Mixed	Combat RacingUnforgiving
Besiege 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationSandbox