How much revenue did Clanfolk make?

$836k–$2.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Clanfolk sell?

Q: How many copies did Clanfolk sell?

101k to 165k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 101k–165k; $836k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Clanfolk and predicted how it would do from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Clanfolk's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 603k–3.4M

best case 9.9M (RimWorld)

Games like Clanfolk

A typical game among these

≈ 603k–3.4M copies

≈ $6.8M–$40.5M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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 4 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: RimWorld at ≈ 7.6M–12.3M copies, ≈ $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Colony Sim (4 of 4) and Sandbox (4 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2026, and 1 of the 4 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
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut $132.2M–$300.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	249k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Craft The World 2014	Est. copies ≈ 961k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.5M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.8M before Steam's cut	$18.99	17k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Songs of Syx 2020	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessCity Builder
Going Medieval 2026	Est. copies ≈ 535k–869k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.9M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	22k reviews Very Positive	RPGEarly Access