How much revenue did Out of Ore make?

$718k–$1.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Out of Ore sell?

Q: How many copies did Out of Ore sell?

104k to 170k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 104k–170k; $718k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Out of Ore and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Out of Ore's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.1M–9.4M

best case 105.1M (Garry's Mod)

Games like Out of Ore

A typical game among these

≈ 7.1M–9.4M copies

≈ $56.5M–$145.6M after Steam's cut

from ~158k 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: Garry's Mod at ≈ 80.0M–130.1M copies, ≈ $219.9M–$591.3M 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 (5 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2023, and none of them 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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Garry's Mod 2006	Est. copies ≈ 80.0M–130.1M 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $219.9M–$591.3M after Steam's cut $399.8M–$909.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.3M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxModdable