How much revenue did Pathogen make?

$83–$221 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pathogen sell?

Q: How many copies did Pathogen sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $83–$221 after Steam's cut $150–$340 before Steam's cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Only 2 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 434k–3.0M

best case 5.5M (Frostpunk)

Games like Pathogen

A typical game among these

≈ 434k–3.0M copies

≈ $2.6M–$48.2M after Steam's cut

from ~30k 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: Frostpunk at ≈ 4.2M–6.8M copies, ≈ $34.5M–$92.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 855 reviews in their first month; the range was 62 to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Resource Management (8 of 8) and Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Survival, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, 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).

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Flooded 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut	$12.99	139 reviews Very Positive	RTSCity Builder
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.1M–$70.3M after Steam's cut $47.5M–$108.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	96k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Mindustry 2019	Est. copies ≈ 813k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	28k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingResource Management
Age of Empires® III (2007) 2012	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	32k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
El Dorado: The Golden City Builder 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $13k–$36k after Steam's cut $24k–$55k before Steam's cut	$17.99	109 reviews Mixed	City Builder Colony Sim
Frostpunk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.5M–$92.8M after Steam's cut $62.8M–$142.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	138k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Survival
Prehistoric Kingdom 2022	Est. copies ≈ 170k–276k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursManagement
Cartel Tycoon 2022	Est. copies ≈ 95k–154k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $781k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Top-DownRTS