How much revenue did Sapiens make?

$375k–$1.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sapiens sell?

Q: How many copies did Sapiens sell?

55k to 89k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 55k–89k; $375k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $681k–$1.5M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Sapiens and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sapiens's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 43k–77k

best case 1.3M (Craft The World)

Games like Sapiens

A typical game among these

≈ 43k–77k copies

≈ $247k–$517k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Craft The World at ≈ 961k–1.6M copies, ≈ $5.0M–$13.5M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 965 reviews in their first month; the range was 799 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Colony Sim (7 of 8) and City Builder (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Survival, priced around $19. The breakout hits carry Sandbox + Survival + Crafting; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 3 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 79 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
Startopia 2013	Est. copies ≈ 61k–100k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $118k–$318k after Steam's cut $215k–$489k before Steam's cut	$6.99	973 reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Reus 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $396k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $719k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	God GameColony Sim
Craft The World 2014	Est. copies ≈ 961k–1.6M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.5M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.8M before Steam's cut	$18.99	17k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Ruinarch 2023	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $242k–$651k after Steam's cut $440k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Mixed	God GameVillain Protagonist
Stonehearth 2018	Est. copies ≈ 398k–646k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
The Universim 2024	Est. copies ≈ 265k–430k 8.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	City BuilderGod Game
Odd Realm 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $139k–$375k after Steam's cut $253k–$576k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim Simulation
Rise to Ruins 2019	Est. copies ≈ 224k–363k 6.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $922k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Colony Sim