How many copies did SurvivalIsLand sell?

992 to 2k copies, based on its 40 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did SurvivalIsLand make?

SurvivalIsLand is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is SurvivalIsLand?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 992–2k; from 40 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 SurvivalIsLand and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SurvivalIsLand's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.5M–29.2M

best case 56.0M (Rust)

Games like SurvivalIsLand

A typical game among these

≈ 4.5M–29.2M copies

≈ $51.8M–$205.3M after Steam's cut

from ~251k 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: Rust at ≈ 42.7M–69.3M copies, ≈ $469.3M–$1261.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Building (8 of 8) and Open World (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Crafting, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2026, 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Kenshi 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.3M–$78.9M after Steam's cut $53.3M–$121.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	117k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSandbox
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.8M–43.5M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.4M–$296.8M after Steam's cut $200.7M–$456.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	779k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Scrap Mechanic 2026	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.3M–$65.4M after Steam's cut $44.2M–$100.6M before Steam's cut	$28.99	123k reviews Very Positive	BuildingSandbox
Conan Exiles Enhanced 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $39.3M–$105.8M after Steam's cut $71.5M–$162.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	118k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Raft 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $51.7M–$139.0M after Steam's cut $94.0M–$213.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	379k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalMultiplayer
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.7M–69.3M 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $469.3M–$1261.8M after Steam's cut $853.3M–$1941.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting
Hurtworld 2019	Est. copies ≈ 891k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	31k reviews Mostly Positive	Survival FPS