How much revenue did Lighthouse Keeper make?

$38k–$101k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lighthouse Keeper sell?

Q: How many copies did Lighthouse Keeper sell?

11k to 18k copies, based on its 474 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–18k; $38k–$101k after Steam's cut $68k–$155k before the cut; from 474 reviews (Mostly 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 Lighthouse Keeper out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lighthouse Keeper's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–10.9M

best case 25.5M (Unturned)

The Sandbox genre

4 of your 8 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

≈ 6k–10.9M copies

≈ $77k–$20.3M after Steam's cut

from ~27k reviews

Best case

≈ 19.4M–31.5M copies

Unturned

The genre you'd be entering

The launch: The games that made it here had roughly 2 to 209 reviews in their first month.; Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
Your set: Your set clusters on Sandbox (4 of 8) and Crafting (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, a genre with a long track record.

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

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