How much revenue did Fargone make?

$49k–$132k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Fargone sell?

Q: How many copies did Fargone sell?

15k to 24k copies, based on its 601 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–24k; $49k–$132k after Steam's cut $89k–$203k before Steam's cut; from 601 reviews (Mixed)

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 Fargone and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fargone's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 25k–1.8M

best case 25.5M (Unturned)

Games like Fargone

A typical game among these

≈ 25k–1.8M copies

≈ $119k–$5.9M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Unturned at ≈ 19.4M–31.6M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 609 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (6 of 8) and Survival (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 2 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 52 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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Unturned 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.4M–31.6M 129x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	565k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlaySurvival
Dysterra 2025	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	773 reviews Mixed	SingleplayerPvE
XERA: Survival 2021	Est. copies ≈ 197k–320k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mixed	Base-BuildingOpen World Survival Craft
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator 2023	Est. copies ≈ 464k–755k 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	19k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureDriving
Tom Clancy’s The Division™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M 22x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $33.2M–$89.4M after Steam's cut $60.5M–$137.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	97k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldLooter Shooter
KeepUp Survival 2024	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $77k–$207k after Steam's cut $140k–$318k before Steam's cut	$14.99	753 reviews Mixed	Open World Survival CraftBase-Building
Anarchy: Wolf's law 2023	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $56k–$150k after Steam's cut $102k–$231k before Steam's cut	$9.99	821 reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalRealistic
Urge 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $64k–$173k after Steam's cut $117k–$266k before Steam's cut	$17.99	524 reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftAtmospheric