How much revenue did SteamWorld Build make?

$390k–$1.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SteamWorld Build sell?

Q: How many copies did SteamWorld Build sell?

57k to 92k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 57k–92k; $390k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $709k–$1.6M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 SteamWorld Build and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SteamWorld Build's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–383k

best case 1.2M (Anno 1800)

Games like SteamWorld Build

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–383k copies

≈ $94k–$3.4M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Anno 1800 at ≈ 935k–1.5M copies, ≈ $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 302 reviews in their first month; the range was 126 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (8 of 8) and Economy (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2025, and 1 of the 8 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Anno 1800 2019	Est. copies ≈ 935k–1.5M 22x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	32k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderStrategy
Real estate tycoon 2022	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $34k–$91k after Steam's cut $62k–$141k before Steam's cut	$10.99	454 reviews Mixed	City Builder Simulation
Kapital: Sparks of Revolution 2022	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $33k–$90k after Steam's cut $61k–$138k before Steam's cut	$19.99	245 reviews Mixed	StrategyCity Builder
Rise of Industry 2019	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $997k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	ManagementStrategy
Power to the People 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $103k–$235k before Steam's cut	$14.99	556 reviews Very Positive	ManagementEconomy
Anno 2070™ 2011	Est. copies ≈ 804k–1.3M 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.9M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Mixed	StrategyCity Builder
InfraSpace 2023	Est. copies ≈ 49k–79k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $335k–$902k after Steam's cut $610k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	City Builder Automation
KAISERPUNK 2025	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $192k–$516k after Steam's cut $349k–$794k before Steam's cut	$29.99	938 reviews Mostly Positive	City BuilderStrategy