How much revenue did Survivor's guilt make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Survivor's guilt sell?

Q: How many copies did Survivor's guilt sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 52 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 52 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 Survivor's guilt and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Survivor's guilt's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–5.5M

best case 7.7M (Factorio)

Games like Survivor's guilt

A typical game among these

≈ 1.4M–5.5M copies

≈ $14.6M–$55.4M after Steam's cut

from ~86k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Factorio at ≈ 5.9M–9.5M copies, ≈ $56.4M–$151.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 24k reviews in their first month; the range was 8k to 86k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (8 of 8) and Resource Management (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Automation + Base-Building, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, 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 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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Factorio 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.9M–9.5M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $56.4M–$151.5M after Steam's cut $102.5M–$233.1M before Steam's cut	$35.00	236k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationBase-Building
Frostpunk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.5M–$92.8M after Steam's cut $62.8M–$142.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	138k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Survival
Far Cry® Primal 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $14.2M–$38.2M after Steam's cut $25.9M–$58.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	41k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
IXION 2022	Est. copies ≈ 443k–719k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	18k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceCity Builder
The Long Dark 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–6.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.4M–$63.0M after Steam's cut $42.6M–$97.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	124k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Frostpunk 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 674k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8.3M–$22.4M after Steam's cut $15.2M–$34.5M before Steam's cut	$44.99	27k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Stranded Deep 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.6M after Steam's cut $11.9M–$27.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	48k reviews Mostly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Oxygen Not Included 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.5M–$76.7M after Steam's cut $51.9M–$118.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	144k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building