How much revenue did The Crust make?

$951k–$2.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Crust sell?

Q: How many copies did The Crust sell?

108k to 176k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 108k–176k; $951k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut; from 4k reviews (Mostly 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 The Crust and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Crust's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 409k–2.2M

best case 9.9M (RimWorld)

Games like The Crust

A typical game among these

≈ 409k–2.2M copies

≈ $4.5M–$30.2M after Steam's cut

from ~15k 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: 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 8k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Base-Building (8 of 8) and Colony Sim (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, 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 61 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
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M 17x 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
Space Haven 2026	Est. copies ≈ 277k–450k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingSpace
Surviving Mars 2018	Est. copies ≈ 889k–1.4M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	29k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
Stationeers 2017	Est. copies ≈ 320k–520k 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
Oxygen Not Included 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M 9.8x 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
Planetbase 2015	Est. copies ≈ 511k–830k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
Stranded: Alien Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 286k–464k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$34.99	12k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalBase-Building
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