How much revenue did Hero Park make?

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

How many copies did Hero Park sell?

Q: How many copies did Hero Park sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 48 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 $8k–$18k before the cut; from 48 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 Hero Park out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hero Park's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–5.4M

best case 9.8M (RimWorld)

Games like Hero Park

The middle of these games

≈ 1.2M–5.4M copies

≈ $11.6M–$66.2M after Steam's cut

from ~45k 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: RimWorld at ≈ 7.5M–12.2M copies, ≈ $72.0M–$193.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 20k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 16k to 86k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Sandbox (6 of 8) and Base-Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2026, 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 43 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 ≈ 7.5M–12.2M 5.5x vs typical 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
Dwarf Fortress 2022	Est. copies ≈ 781k–1.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.3M after Steam's cut $11.7M–$26.6M before the cut	$29.99	31k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Going Medieval 2026	Est. copies ≈ 531k–863k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.8M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.1M before the cut	$29.99	21k reviews Very Positive	RPGEarly Access
Medieval Dynasty 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.4M–$33.4M after Steam's cut $22.6M–$51.4M before the cut	$34.99	52k reviews Very Positive	CraftingBuilding
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before the cut	$19.99	31k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Kenshi 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.8M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.2M–$78.5M after Steam's cut $53.1M–$120.8M before the cut	$29.99	116k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSandbox
Against the Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 929k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.7M before the cut	$29.99	37k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Factorio 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.8M–9.4M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $56.0M–$150.4M after Steam's cut $101.7M–$231.4M before the cut	$35.00	234k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationBase-Building