How many copies did Farlanders: Prologue sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 289 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Farlanders: Prologue make?

Farlanders: Prologue is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Farlanders: Prologue?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 7k–12k; from 289 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 Farlanders: Prologue and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Farlanders: Prologue's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 16k–194k

best case 1.2M (Surviving Mars)

Games like Farlanders: Prologue

A typical game among these

≈ 16k–194k copies

≈ $64k–$431k after Steam's cut

from ~834 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Surviving Mars at ≈ 889k–1.4M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 444 reviews in their first month; the range was 30 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Base-Building (7 of 8) and Colony Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + City Builder.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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Utopia Colony 2026	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$54k before Steam's cut	$16.99	113 reviews Mixed	Early AccessSpace
Farlanders 2023	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $61k–$164k after Steam's cut $111k–$253k before Steam's cut	$14.99	598 reviews Very Positive	City BuilderTurn-Based Strategy
Reshaping Mars 2023	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $103k–$235k before Steam's cut	$9.99	833 reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder 2025	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $68k–$183k after Steam's cut $124k–$282k before Steam's cut	$11.99	834 reviews Mixed	Colony Sim City Builder
Surviving Mars 2018	Est. copies ≈ 889k–1.4M 35x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	29k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
Quriocity 2023	Est. copies ≈ 942–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$19.99	38 reviews Mostly Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Plan B: Terraform 2025	Est. copies ≈ 91k–148k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $400k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $726k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$15.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAutomation
Stationeers 2017	Est. copies ≈ 320k–520k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSpace