How much revenue did Guardians of the Sanctree make?

$51k–$137k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Guardians of the Sanctree sell?

Q: How many copies did Guardians of the Sanctree sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 373 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $51k–$137k after Steam's cut $92k–$210k before the cut; from 373 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 Guardians of the Sanctree out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Guardians of the Sanctree's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10.4M–29.7M

best case 128.9M (Terraria)

Games like Guardians of the Sanctree

The middle of these games

≈ 10.4M–29.7M copies

≈ $48.2M–$128.4M after Steam's cut

from ~404k 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.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Co-op (4 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

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 Co-op (4 of 8) and Survival (4 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 2018, 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 38 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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Stick Fight: The Game 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.9M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.5M before the cut	$4.99	125k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerFunny
Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.7M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $93.1M–$250.3M after Steam's cut $169.3M–$385.1M before the cut	$14.99	543k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Castle Crashers® 2012	Est. copies ≈ 8.9M–14.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.6M–$98.5M after Steam's cut $66.6M–$151.5M before the cut	$14.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2DOnline Co-Op
Bloons TD 6 2018	Est. copies ≈ 12.0M–19.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.2M–$124.2M after Steam's cut $84.0M–$191.0M before the cut	$13.99	395k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Among Us 2018	Est. copies ≈ 22.7M–36.9M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $31.2M–$83.8M after Steam's cut $56.7M–$129.0M before the cut	$4.99	747k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerSocial Deduction
Brawlhalla 2017	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.0M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	412k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
Starbound 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.1M–$56.8M after Steam's cut $38.4M–$87.5M before the cut	$14.99	123k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 98.2M–159.6M 3.8x 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