How much revenue did Ship of Fools make?

$943k–$2.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ship of Fools sell?

Q: How many copies did Ship of Fools sell?

156k to 253k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 156k–253k; $943k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut; from 6k 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 Ship of Fools and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ship of Fools's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.9M–16.0M

best case 29.7M (Don't Starve Together)

Games like Ship of Fools

A typical game among these

≈ 3.9M–16.0M copies

≈ $27.3M–$141.5M after Steam's cut

from ~155k 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.

Best case: Don't Starve Together at ≈ 22.6M–36.8M copies, ≈ $93.2M–$250.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 83k reviews in their first month; the range was 42k to 110k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-like (7 of 8) and Action Roguelike (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2025, and 1 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).

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Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.8M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $93.2M–$250.7M after Steam's cut $169.5M–$385.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	544k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Enter the Gungeon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	90k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
Risk of Rain 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.2M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $60.2M–$161.9M after Steam's cut $109.5M–$249.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	353k reviews Very Positive	Third-Person ShooterAction Roguelike
Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$10.9M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	119k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSingleplayer
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 2014	Est. copies ≈ 25.8M–41.9M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $106.2M–$285.5M after Steam's cut $193.0M–$439.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	460k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
Gunfire Reborn 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.2M–$38.1M after Steam's cut $25.7M–$58.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	104k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-lite FPS
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN 2025	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $52.3M–$140.5M after Steam's cut $95.0M–$216.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	192k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeOnline Co-Op
Realm of the Mad God Exalt 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	48k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsMMORPG