How much revenue did Timberborn make?

$9.4M–$25.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Timberborn sell?

Q: How many copies did Timberborn sell?

973k to 1.6M copies, based on its 41k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 973k–1.6M; $9.4M–$25.2M after Steam's cut $17.0M–$38.7M before the cut; from 41k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Timberborn out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Timberborn's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 462k–966k

best case 1.4M (Kingdoms and Castles)

The City Builder genre

4 of your 8 similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 462k–966k copies

≈ $4.0M–$7.5M after Steam's cut

from ~13k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.1M–1.7M copies

Kingdoms and Castles · ≈ $5.9M–$15.9M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on City Builder (7 of 8) and Colony Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Colony Sim, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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