How much revenue did Spirit of the Island make?

$195k–$524k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Spirit of the Island sell?

Q: How many copies did Spirit of the Island sell?

47k to 77k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 47k–77k; $195k–$524k after Steam's cut $354k–$806k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Spirit of the Island and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Spirit of the Island's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 164k–200k

best case 57.1M (Stardew Valley)

Games like Spirit of the Island

A typical game among these

≈ 164k–200k copies

≈ $1.4M–$1.6M 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 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.5M–70.7M copies, ≈ $179.4M–$482.4M 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 8k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 34k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Life Sim (8 of 8) and Farming Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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Farm Together 2 2025	Est. copies ≈ 136k–221k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $971k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$25.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Farming SimAgriculture
Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.5M–70.7M 191x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $179.4M–$482.4M after Steam's cut $326.2M–$742.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
Fields of Mistria 2026	Est. copies ≈ 886k–1.4M 6.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.2M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.1M before Steam's cut	$13.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessFarming Sim
My Time at Portia 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 8.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	44k reviews Very Positive	Life SimRPG
My Time at Sandrock 2023	Est. copies ≈ 722k–1.2M 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.3M after Steam's cut $14.4M–$32.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Life SimBuilding
Coral Island 2023	Est. copies ≈ 690k–1.1M 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.7M–$15.3M after Steam's cut $10.4M–$23.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	28k reviews Very Positive	Farming SimLife Sim
Roots of Pacha 2023	Est. copies ≈ 114k–185k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $780k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	IndieFarming Sim
Littlewood 2020	Est. copies ≈ 169k–275k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $699k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLife Sim