How much revenue did The Tribe Must Survive make?

$21k–$57k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Tribe Must Survive sell?

Q: How many copies did The Tribe Must Survive sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 207 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $38k–$88k before Steam's cut; from 207 reviews (Mixed)

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 The Tribe Must Survive and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Tribe Must Survive's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 32k–86k

best case 1.2M (Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game)

Games like The Tribe Must Survive

A typical game among these

≈ 32k–86k copies

≈ $200k–$753k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game at ≈ 882k–1.4M copies, ≈ $7.3M–$19.6M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 64 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Management (6 of 8) and Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Management, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Automobile Sim + Early Access + Realistic; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game 2015	Est. copies ≈ 882k–1.4M 10x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.3M–$19.6M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$30.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
TasteMaker 2023	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $106k–$285k after Steam's cut $193k–$438k before Steam's cut	$11.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ManagementSandbox
MEMORIAPOLIS 2025	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $394k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $717k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$32.00	2k reviews Mostly Positive	City BuilderExploration
Mars Horizon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 77k–125k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $422k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $768k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ManagementSpace
Spellcaster University 2021	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $742k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	MagicSimulation
Fish Game 2023	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $111k–$297k after Steam's cut $201k–$458k before Steam's cut	$24.99	649 reviews Very Positive	Immersive SimCreature Collector
To The Rescue! 2021	Est. copies ≈ 54k–87k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $295k–$794k after Steam's cut $537k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	DogManagement
Axis Football 2024 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$76k after Steam's cut $52k–$117k before Steam's cut	$19.99	208 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationSports