How much revenue did Zelter make?

$269k–$723k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zelter sell?

Q: How many copies did Zelter sell?

49k to 80k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 49k–80k; $269k–$723k after Steam's cut $489k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–510k

best case 13.1M (7 Days to Die)

Games like Zelter

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–510k copies

≈ $14k–$2.9M 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.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: 7 Days to Die at ≈ 9.9M–16.2M copies, ≈ $123.1M–$331.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 345 reviews in their first month; the range was 14 to 327k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (7 of 8) and Open World (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies, priced around $45.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 2 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 70 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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Colony Survival 2017	Est. copies ≈ 310k–504k 7.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$24.95	9k reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim Survival
Darfall 2025	Est. copies ≈ 13k–20k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $86k–$231k after Steam's cut $156k–$356k before Steam's cut	$24.99	505 reviews Mostly Positive	Base-BuildingCity Builder
CastleMiner Z 2014	Est. copies ≈ 625k–1.0M 9.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$5.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Genesis Online 2015	Est. copies ≈ 91k–147k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mostly Negative	Free to PlaySurvival
Crafting Dead 2017	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$4.99	160 reviews Mixed	SurvivalZombies
ZIC – Zombies in City 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$4.99	191 reviews Very Positive	ShooterMultiplayer
Zombie Derby: Pixel Survival 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$4.99	109 reviews Very Positive	ActionRacing
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.2M 339x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $123.1M–$331.0M after Steam's cut $223.8M–$509.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	401k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies