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 the cut; from 39 reviews (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 Trash is Fun out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trash is Fun's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 506k–825k

best case 10.4M (Sons Of The Forest)

Games like Trash is Fun

The middle of these games

≈ 506k–825k copies

≈ $3.0M–$4.7M after Steam's cut

from ~16k 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Sons Of The Forest at ≈ 7.9M–12.9M copies, ≈ $65.4M–$175.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4k to 178k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 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.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 3 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 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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Sons Of The Forest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.9M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $65.4M–$175.8M after Steam's cut $118.9M–$270.4M before the cut	$29.99	320k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Green Hell 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 6.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.2M–$54.3M after Steam's cut $36.7M–$83.6M before the cut	$24.99	102k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Chernobylite Complete Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 386k–628k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before the cut	$29.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Post-apocalypticSurvival
ZERO Sievert 2024	Est. copies ≈ 384k–625k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.7M before the cut	$19.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Extraction ShooterSurvival
Pacific Drive 2024	Est. copies ≈ 665k–1.1M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.8M after Steam's cut $10.0M–$22.7M before the 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 the cut	$0.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
Bomber Crew 2017	Est. copies ≈ 534k–867k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before the cut	$15.99	16k reviews Very Positive	World War IISimulation
Contraband Police 2023	Est. copies ≈ 638k–1.0M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.2M after Steam's cut $9.6M–$21.8M before the cut	$29.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSimulation