How much revenue did Trover Saves the Universe make?

Trover Saves the Universe is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Trover Saves the Universe sell?

Q: How many copies did Trover Saves the Universe sell?

93k to 152k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 93k–152k; from 3k reviews (Very 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 Trover Saves the Universe and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trover Saves the Universe's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–314k

best case 840k (High On Life)

Games like Trover Saves the Universe

A typical game among these

≈ 9k–314k copies

≈ $40k–$4.1M after Steam's cut

from ~624 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: High On Life at ≈ 640k–1.0M copies, ≈ $7.0M–$18.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 61 reviews in their first month; the range was 42 to 7k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Comedy (5 of 8) and VR (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Comedy + FPS, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2022, 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 79 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Surgeon Simulator 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 27x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	17k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFunny
Suicide Guy VR 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$59k before Steam's cut	$9.99	208 reviews Mixed	Puzzle-PlatformerComedy
The American Dream 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $16k–$44k after Steam's cut $30k–$67k before Steam's cut	$14.99	130 reviews Mixed	Dark ComedyStory Rich
Taphouse VR 2018	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	268 reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
High On Life 2022	Est. copies ≈ 640k–1.0M 41x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.0M–$18.9M after Steam's cut $12.8M–$29.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	26k reviews Very Positive	ComedyFPS
Accounting (Legacy) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 105k–171k 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	IndieVR
Waltz of the Wizard 2019	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $153k–$412k after Steam's cut $278k–$633k before Steam's cut	$19.99	967 reviews Very Positive	SimulationAction
Hello Puppets! VR 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $38k–$103k after Steam's cut $69k–$158k before Steam's cut	$19.99	280 reviews Very Positive	AdventureExploration