How much revenue did Welcome to Goodland make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Welcome to Goodland sell?

Q: How many copies did Welcome to Goodland sell?

893 to 1k copies, based on its 36 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 893–1k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before Steam's cut; from 36 reviews (Mostly 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 Welcome to Goodland and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Welcome to Goodland's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 56k–241k

best case 388k (Suzerain)

Games like Welcome to Goodland

A typical game among these

≈ 56k–241k copies

≈ $405k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Suzerain at ≈ 296k–481k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 498 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 855.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Choose Your Own Adventure (5 of 8) and Political Sim (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Choose Your Own Adventure, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 1 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 79 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
Suzerain 2020	Est. copies ≈ 296k–481k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelChoose Your Own Adventure
For the People 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $95k–$255k after Steam's cut $173k–$393k before Steam's cut	$16.99	819 reviews Mostly Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureVisual Novel
CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience 2020	Est. copies ≈ 71k–116k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $391k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $711k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureTime Management
Mind Scanners 2021	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $171k–$460k after Steam's cut $311k–$708k before Steam's cut	$16.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Time ManagementDystopian
7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat 2013	Est. copies ≈ 49k–79k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $268k–$720k after Steam's cut $487k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	771 reviews Mixed	IndieBoard Game
Long Live The Queen 2013	Est. copies ≈ 453k–736k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelPolitical Sim
Beholder 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 71k–116k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $352k–$946k after Steam's cut $640k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	3k reviews Mixed	Political SimSimulation
Cool Kingdom 2025	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$111 after Steam's cut $75–$170 before Steam's cut	$2.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	MedievalChoices Matter