How much revenue did Phoenix Hope make?

$14k–$37k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Phoenix Hope sell?

Q: How many copies did Phoenix Hope sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 169 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before the cut; from 169 reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Phoenix Hope out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Phoenix Hope's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.0M–10.0M

best case 12.3M (Raft)

Games like Phoenix Hope

The middle of these games

≈ 5.0M–10.0M copies

≈ $53.9M–$111.9M after Steam's cut

from ~189k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Raft at ≈ 9.4M–15.2M copies, ≈ $51.5M–$138.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 178k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 86k to 182k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Survival (8 of 8) and Base-Building (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of your 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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RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.0M–$193.5M after Steam's cut $130.8M–$297.7M before the cut	$34.99	246k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Oxygen Not Included 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.4M–$76.4M after Steam's cut $51.7M–$117.5M before the cut	$24.99	144k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
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Raft 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.2M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $51.5M–$138.4M after Steam's cut $93.6M–$213.0M before the cut	$19.99	378k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalMultiplayer
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Sons Of The Forest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.9M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $65.4M–$175.8M after Steam's cut $118.9M–$270.4M before the cut	$29.99	320k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
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Green Hell 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.2M–$54.3M after Steam's cut $36.7M–$83.6M before the cut	$24.99	102k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival