How much revenue did Card Survival: Tropical Island make?

$523k–$1.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Card Survival: Tropical Island sell?

Q: How many copies did Card Survival: Tropical Island sell?

76k to 124k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 76k–124k; $523k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $950k–$2.2M before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Very 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 Card Survival: Tropical Island and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Card Survival: Tropical Island's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28k–101k

best case 2.4M (UNO)

Games like Card Survival: Tropical Island

A typical game among these

≈ 28k–101k copies

≈ $111k–$945k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: UNO at ≈ 1.9M–3.0M copies, ≈ $5.1M–$13.8M 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 648 reviews in their first month; the range was 259 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and Card Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Game, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Strategy + Card Game; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, 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 43 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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UNO 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M 46x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	54k reviews Mostly Positive	Card GameMultiplayer
WitchHand 2024	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$215k before Steam's cut	$11.99	636 reviews Very Positive	StrategyManagement
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest 2025	Est. copies ≈ 29k–48k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $177k–$477k after Steam's cut $322k–$733k before Steam's cut	$21.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessSimulation
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 38x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	45k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCard Game
Ratropolis 2020	Est. copies ≈ 137k–223k 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $680k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$17.99	6k reviews Very Positive	2DDeckbuilding
Terraformers 2023	Est. copies ≈ 93k–151k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $512k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $931k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	SimulationProcedural Generation
Aircraft Carrier Survival: Tutorial 2021	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Simulation Survival
江湖余生：缘起 2021	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $60k–$162k after Steam's cut $110k–$249k before Steam's cut	$11.99	737 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGSimulation