How much revenue did SPORE™ make?

$25.3M–$68.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SPORE™ sell?

Q: How many copies did SPORE™ sell?

4.6M to 7.5M copies, based on its 73k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.6M–7.5M; $25.3M–$68.0M after Steam's cut $46.0M–$104.7M before Steam's cut; from 73k 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 SPORE™ and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SPORE™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 569k–1.1M

best case 3.9M (Planet Coaster)

Games like SPORE™

A typical game among these

≈ 569k–1.1M copies

≈ $4.0M–$8.2M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Planet Coaster at ≈ 3.0M–4.9M copies, ≈ $37.2M–$100.0M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sandbox (7 of 8) and Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Building, priced around $45. The breakout hits carry Relaxing + Family Friendly + Management; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, 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 79 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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Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.0M–$35.0M after Steam's cut $23.6M–$53.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSpace
Planet Coaster 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $37.2M–$100.0M after Steam's cut $67.6M–$153.8M before Steam's cut	$44.99	72k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
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