How much revenue did Gord make?

$242k–$650k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gord sell?

Q: How many copies did Gord sell?

25k to 41k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25k–41k; $242k–$650k after Steam's cut $440k–$1000k 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 Gord and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gord's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.6M–5.5M

best case 9.9M (RimWorld)

Games like Gord

A typical game among these

≈ 1.6M–5.5M copies

≈ $23.1M–$60.9M after Steam's cut

from ~52k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: RimWorld at ≈ 7.6M–12.3M copies, ≈ $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Colony Sim (8 of 8) and Survival (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Against the Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 934k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Surviving Mars 2018	Est. copies ≈ 889k–1.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	29k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
Frostpunk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 2.7x 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
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 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
Banished 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.3M–$35.9M after Steam's cut $24.3M–$55.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	43k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Oxygen Not Included 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.5M–$76.7M after Steam's cut $51.9M–$118.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	144k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Infested Fortress 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$19.99	41 reviews Positive	StrategyBase-Building
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M 4.8x 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