How much revenue did Trash is Fun make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Trash is Fun sell?

Q: How many copies did Trash is Fun sell?

967 to 2k copies, based on its 39 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 967–2k; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut; from 39 reviews (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 Trash is Fun and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trash is Fun's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 509k–826k

best case 10.5M (Sons Of The Forest)

Games like Trash is Fun

A typical game among these

≈ 509k–826k copies

≈ $3.1M–$4.7M after Steam's cut

from ~16k 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: Sons Of The Forest at ≈ 8.0M–12.9M copies, ≈ $65.7M–$176.6M 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 4k to 178k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (5 of 8) and Crafting (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Open World + Crafting + Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 3 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 70 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
Sons Of The Forest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8.0M–12.9M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $65.7M–$176.6M after Steam's cut $119.4M–$271.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	321k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Green Hell 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 6.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.4M–$54.8M after Steam's cut $37.0M–$84.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	103k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Chernobylite Complete Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 388k–630k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Post-apocalypticSurvival
ZERO Sievert 2024	Est. copies ≈ 387k–628k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Extraction ShooterSurvival
Pacific Drive 2024	Est. copies ≈ 669k–1.1M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.8M after Steam's cut $10.0M–$22.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	27k reviews Very Positive	DrivingSurvival
Mountain 2014	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $248k–$668k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$0.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
Bomber Crew 2017	Est. copies ≈ 535k–869k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$15.99	16k reviews Very Positive	World War IISimulation
Contraband Police 2023	Est. copies ≈ 641k–1.0M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.2M after Steam's cut $9.6M–$21.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSimulation