How much revenue did Kenshi make?

$29.2M–$78.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kenshi sell?

Q: How many copies did Kenshi sell?

3.5M to 5.8M copies, based on its 116k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.5M–5.8M; $29.2M–$78.5M after Steam's cut $53.1M–$120.8M before the cut; from 116k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Kenshi out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kenshi's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 33.1M–90.7M

best case 133.0M (Grand Theft Auto V Legacy)

Games like Kenshi

The middle of these games

≈ 33.1M–90.7M copies

≈ $207.2M–$550.0M after Steam's cut

from ~914k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Grand Theft Auto V Legacy at ≈ 101.4M–164.7M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (6 of 8) and Crafting (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Crime.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2021, and none of them 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).

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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 101.4M–164.7M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.1M reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.7M–43.5M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.3M–$296.4M after Steam's cut $200.5M–$456.1M before the cut	$14.99	778k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.2M–70.1M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $177.9M–$478.3M after Steam's cut $323.4M–$735.8M before the cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
Euro Truck Simulator 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 59.4M–96.6M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $326.7M–$878.4M after Steam's cut $594.0M–$1351.4M before the cut	$19.99	940k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DrivingTransportation
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 43.3M–70.4M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $595.5M–$1601.0M after Steam's cut $1082.7M–$2463.1M before the cut	$49.99	888k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldRPG
Valheim 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13.4M–21.9M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $110.9M–$298.2M after Steam's cut $201.6M–$458.7M before the cut	$29.99	542k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 98.2M–159.6M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $269.8M–$725.3M after Steam's cut $490.5M–$1115.8M before the cut	$9.99	1.6M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival