How many copies did King of Crabs sell?

226k to 367k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did King of Crabs make?

King of Crabs is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is King of Crabs?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 226k–367k; from 9k reviews (Mostly 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 King of Crabs and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including King of Crabs's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 906k–4.9M

best case 16.0M (Palworld)

Games like King of Crabs

A typical game among these

≈ 906k–4.9M copies

≈ $16.8M–$102.4M after Steam's cut

from ~54k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Survival (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Palworld at ≈ 12.2M–19.8M copies, ≈ $100.5M–$270.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 22k reviews in their first month; the range was 5k to 469k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (4 of 8) and Action RPG (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Survival, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2026, 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 52 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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Diablo® IV 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $26.8M–$72.1M after Steam's cut $48.8M–$111.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	79k reviews Mixed	Action RPGHack and Slash
Tribes of Midgard 2021	Est. copies ≈ 577k–938k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-Op
Palworld 2026	Est. copies ≈ 12.2M–19.8M 9.1x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $100.5M–$270.1M after Steam's cut $182.7M–$415.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	491k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
Necesse 2025	Est. copies ≈ 727k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftMultiplayer
AdventureQuest 3D 2022	Est. copies ≈ 242k–393k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Very Positive	MMORPGExploration
God of War 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.5M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $63.1M–$169.6M after Steam's cut $114.7M–$260.9M before Steam's cut	$49.99	185k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionSingleplayer
V Rising 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $32.8M–$88.2M after Steam's cut $59.6M–$135.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	137k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Tree of Savior (English Ver.) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 853k–1.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	20k reviews Mixed	MMORPGAnime