How much revenue did Grim Realms make?

$44k–$118k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Grim Realms sell?

Q: How many copies did Grim Realms sell?

11k to 17k copies, based on its 428 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–17k; $44k–$118k after Steam's cut $80k–$181k before Steam's cut; from 428 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 Grim Realms and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Grim Realms's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 391k–864k

best case 9.9M (RimWorld)

Games like Grim Realms

A typical game among these

≈ 391k–864k copies

≈ $3.9M–$9.6M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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. 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 13k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Colony Sim (8 of 8) and Base-Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Management + Building; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 2 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 22x 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
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
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
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
Dwarf Fortress 2022	Est. copies ≈ 783k–1.3M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.4M after Steam's cut $11.7M–$26.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Colony Survival 2017	Est. copies ≈ 310k–504k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$24.95	9k reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim Survival
Going Medieval 2026	Est. copies ≈ 535k–869k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.9M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	22k reviews Very Positive	RPGEarly Access