How much revenue did Orebound make?

$168k–$452k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Orebound sell?

Q: How many copies did Orebound sell?

24k to 40k copies, based on its 987 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–40k; $168k–$452k after Steam's cut $306k–$696k before the cut; from 987 reviews (Mostly 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 Orebound out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Orebound's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 824k–4.1M

best case 9.1M (Satisfactory)

Games like Orebound

The middle of these games

≈ 824k–4.1M copies

≈ $4.5M–$43.1M after Steam's cut

from ~33k 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: Satisfactory at ≈ 6.9M–11.2M copies, ≈ $76.0M–$204.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 19k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 744 to 184k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Automation (6 of 8) and Base-Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Base-Building + Automation, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 61 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
Satisfactory 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.2M 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $76.0M–$204.4M after Steam's cut $138.2M–$314.4M before the cut	$39.99	279k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingAutomation
Hydroneer 2020	Est. copies ≈ 706k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before the cut	$14.99	28k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingMining
Against the Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 929k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.7M before the cut	$29.99	37k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
shapez 2020	Est. copies ≈ 394k–640k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before the cut	$9.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationBase-Building
Dyson Sphere Program 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.6M after Steam's cut $22.7M–$51.7M before the cut	$19.99	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationSpace
Factorio 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.8M–9.4M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $56.0M–$150.4M after Steam's cut $101.7M–$231.4M before the cut	$35.00	234k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationBase-Building
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game 2015	Est. copies ≈ 877k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.5M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$29.9M before the cut	$29.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Rusty's Retirement 2024	Est. copies ≈ 368k–598k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $708k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut	$6.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IdlerFarming Sim