How much revenue did Zen World make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zen World sell?

Q: How many copies did Zen World sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 58 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut; from 58 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 Zen World and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zen World's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–22k

best case 965k (Dorfromantik)

Games like Zen World

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–22k copies

≈ $5k–$89k after Steam's cut

from ~147 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Dorfromantik at ≈ 735k–1.2M copies, ≈ $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 55 reviews in their first month; the range was 16 to 15k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Board Game (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + City Builder, priced around $14. The breakout hits carry Turn-Based Strategy + Relaxing + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Dolmenjord - Viking Islands 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$2.99	108 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleLogic
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