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 Steam's cut; from 32 reviews (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 Mad Miner and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mad Miner's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.7M–48.1M

best case 129.3M (Terraria)

Games like Mad Miner

A typical game among these

≈ 4.7M–48.1M copies

≈ $45.2M–$443.1M after Steam's cut

from ~118k 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: Terraria at ≈ 98.5M–160.1M copies, ≈ $270.6M–$727.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sandbox (8 of 8) and Survival (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Sandbox, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 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
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 98.5M–160.1M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $270.6M–$727.5M after Steam's cut $492.0M–$1119.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.6M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
Core Keeper 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.3M–$24.9M after Steam's cut $16.9M–$38.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	68k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsOpen World Survival Craft
Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.5M–49.6M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $209.9M–$564.4M after Steam's cut $381.6M–$868.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	483k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.7M–69.3M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $469.3M–$1261.8M after Steam's cut $853.3M–$1941.3M before Steam's 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–$681k after Steam's cut $460k–$1.0M before Steam's 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 Steam's cut	$9.99	114k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Kenshi 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.3M–$78.9M after Steam's cut $53.3M–$121.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	117k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSandbox
Conan Exiles Enhanced 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $39.3M–$105.8M after Steam's cut $71.5M–$162.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	118k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World