How much revenue did Dear Esther make?

Dear Esther is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Dear Esther sell?

Q: How many copies did Dear Esther sell?

147k to 239k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 147k–239k; from 6k 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 Dear Esther out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dear Esther's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–4.6M

best case 21.6M (No Man's Sky)

The Exploration 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

≈ 3.1M–4.6M copies

≈ $20.1M–$39.0M after Steam's cut

from ~75k reviews

Best case

≈ 16.5M–26.8M copies

No Man's Sky · ≈ $271.9M–$731.1M after Steam's cut

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (5 of 8) and First-Person (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $60. The breakout hits carry Space + Procedural Generation + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2018. 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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