How much revenue did Wild West Legacy make?

$395k–$1.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wild West Legacy sell?

Q: How many copies did Wild West Legacy sell?

53k to 86k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 53k–86k; $395k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $718k–$1.6M before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Mostly Negative)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–792k

best case 9.9M (RimWorld)

Games like Wild West Legacy

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–792k copies

≈ $3k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: RimWorld at ≈ 7.6M–12.3M copies, ≈ $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 599 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (7 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, 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 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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This Land Is My Land 2021	Est. copies ≈ 116k–188k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $953k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Mixed	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
WILD WEST 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $277–$744 after Steam's cut $503–$1k before Steam's cut	$0.99	41 reviews Mixed	CasualAdventure
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M 138x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut $132.2M–$300.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	249k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Heat 2020	Est. copies ≈ 73k–118k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $399k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $726k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mixed	SurvivalWestern
Fistful of Frags 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	37k reviews Very Positive	PvPArena Shooter
Do It With Hay 2020	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $224–$603 after Steam's cut $408–$927 before Steam's cut	$2.99	11 reviews Positive	SimulationAction
High Noon VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$9.99	69 reviews Mixed	ActionVR
A Twisted Path to Renown 2024	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	676 reviews Mixed	Extraction ShooterWestern