How much revenue did Floodland make?

$149k–$401k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Floodland sell?

Q: How many copies did Floodland sell?

27k to 44k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 27k–44k; $149k–$401k after Steam's cut $271k–$617k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Floodland and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Floodland's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 517k–1.5M

best case 5.5M (Frostpunk)

Games like Floodland

A typical game among these

≈ 517k–1.5M copies

≈ $5.2M–$19.5M after Steam's cut

from ~23k 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: Frostpunk at ≈ 4.2M–6.8M copies, ≈ $34.5M–$92.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 38k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (7 of 8) and Colony Sim (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Survival, priced around $30.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 38 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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Frostpunk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.5M–$92.8M after Steam's cut $62.8M–$142.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	138k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Survival
Timberborn 2026	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.0M–$26.9M after Steam's cut $18.2M–$41.4M before Steam's cut	$34.99	42k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	City BuilderVoxel
Frostpunk 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 674k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8.3M–$22.4M after Steam's cut $15.2M–$34.5M before Steam's cut	$44.99	27k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyCity Builder
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	52k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
IXION 2022	Est. copies ≈ 443k–719k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	18k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceCity Builder
Infection Free Zone 2024	Est. copies ≈ 464k–753k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessBase-Building
Endzone - A World Apart 2021	Est. copies ≈ 249k–405k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	City Builder Survival
Survivalist: Invisible Strain 2025	Est. copies ≈ 113k–184k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $374k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $679k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$11.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftColony Sim