How much revenue did Denizen make?

$125k–$335k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Denizen sell?

Q: How many copies did Denizen sell?

23k to 37k copies, based on its 914 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 23k–37k; $125k–$335k after Steam's cut $227k–$515k before Steam's cut; from 914 reviews (Mostly 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 Denizen and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Denizen's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 140k–155k

best case 1.2M (Wobbly Life)

Games like Denizen

A typical game among these

≈ 140k–155k copies

≈ $1.2M–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Wobbly Life at ≈ 899k–1.5M copies, ≈ $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 705 to 30k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sandbox (8 of 8) and Life Sim (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox, priced around $22.
When they shipped: Only 3 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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My Time at Sandrock 2023	Est. copies ≈ 722k–1.2M 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.3M after Steam's cut $14.4M–$32.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Life SimBuilding
Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered 2021	Est. copies ≈ 120k–195k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $988k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
Wobbly Life 2025	Est. copies ≈ 899k–1.5M 7.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureMultiplayer
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Nobody - The Turnaround 2022	Est. copies ≈ 355k–576k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	14k reviews Mixed	Early AccessLife Sim
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