How much revenue did Terminus: Zombie Survivors make?

$613k–$1.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Terminus: Zombie Survivors sell?

Q: How many copies did Terminus: Zombie Survivors sell?

111k to 181k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 111k–181k; $613k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut; from 4k reviews (Very Positive)

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 Terminus: Zombie Survivors out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Terminus: Zombie Survivors's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 201k–401k

best case 497k (Yet Another Zombie Survivors)

Games like Terminus: Zombie Survivors

The middle of these games

≈ 201k–401k copies

≈ $541k–$2.0M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Yet Another Zombie Survivors at ≈ 378k–615k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Zombies (7 of 8) and Survival (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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 79 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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