How much revenue did Lost Scavenger make?

$25k–$67k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lost Scavenger sell?

Q: How many copies did Lost Scavenger sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 244 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $45k–$103k before Steam's cut; from 244 reviews (Mixed)

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 Lost Scavenger and predicted how it would do from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Lost Scavenger's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 151k–338k

best case 421k (ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game)

Games like Lost Scavenger

A typical game among these

≈ 151k–338k copies

≈ $1.0M–$1.8M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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 7 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game at ≈ 321k–522k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 694 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Post-apocalyptic (5 of 7) and Survival (5 of 7).
The winners: Winners here lead with CRPG + Exploration, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2021, 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 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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Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG 2021	Est. copies ≈ 33k–54k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $165k–$442k after Steam's cut $299k–$681k before Steam's cut	$17.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	ZombiesParty-Based RPG
Dead Age 2016	Est. copies ≈ 233k–379k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $962k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RPGZombies
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game 2018	Est. copies ≈ 321k–522k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	CRPGExploration
Dead State: Reanimated 2014	Est. copies ≈ 144k–233k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	ZombiesSurvival
SKYHILL 2015	Est. copies ≈ 282k–459k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $775k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAction Roguelike
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ATOM RPG Trudograd 2021	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $334k–$897k after Steam's cut $607k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$10.99	4k reviews Very Positive	CRPGOpen World