How much revenue did Mad Miner make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mad Miner sell?

Q: How many copies did Mad Miner sell?

794 to 1k copies, based on its 32 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 794–1k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut; from 32 reviews (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 Mad Miner out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mad Miner's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.7M–47.7M

best case 128.9M (Terraria)

Games like Mad Miner

The middle of these games

≈ 4.7M–47.7M copies

≈ $45.1M–$439.9M after Steam's cut

from ~117k 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: Terraria at ≈ 98.2M–159.6M copies, ≈ $269.8M–$725.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Sandbox (8 of 8) and Survival (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Sandbox, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 1 of your 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).

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Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 98.2M–159.6M 13x 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
Core Keeper 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.3M after Steam's cut $16.4M–$37.4M before the cut	$19.99	66k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsOpen World Survival Craft
Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.2M–49.0M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $207.3M–$557.3M after Steam's cut $376.9M–$857.4M before the cut	$24.99	477k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.5M–69.0M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $467.3M–$1256.3M after Steam's cut $849.6M–$1932.8M before the cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting
Noble Fates 2021	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $253k–$680k after Steam's cut $460k–$1.0M before the cut	$24.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessColony Sim
Don't Starve 2013	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $19.7M–$53.0M after Steam's cut $35.8M–$81.5M before the cut	$9.99	113k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Kenshi 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.2M–$78.5M after Steam's cut $53.1M–$120.8M before the cut	$29.99	116k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSandbox
Conan Exiles Enhanced 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $39.2M–$105.4M after Steam's cut $71.3M–$162.2M before the cut	$39.99	117k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World