How much revenue did Bootstrap Island make?

$218k–$587k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bootstrap Island sell?

Q: How many copies did Bootstrap Island sell?

32k to 52k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 32k–52k; $218k–$587k after Steam's cut $397k–$903k before the cut; from 1k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Bootstrap Island out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bootstrap Island's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 26.7M–43.8M

best case 123.4M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

The Survival genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 26.7M–43.8M copies

≈ $142.5M–$207.4M after Steam's cut

from ~726k reviews

Best case

≈ 94.0M–152.8M copies

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Survival (7 of 8) and Crafting (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2021. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.6M–33.5M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.4M–$304.8M after Steam's cut $206.1M–$468.9M before the cut	$19.99	678k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
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