How many copies did NaissanceE sell?

250k to 406k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did NaissanceE make?

NaissanceE is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is NaissanceE?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 250k–406k; from 4k 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 NaissanceE and predicted how it would do from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including NaissanceE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20.4M–51.9M

best case 78.3M (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

Games like NaissanceE

A typical game among these

≈ 20.4M–51.9M copies

≈ $162.1M–$390.5M after Steam's cut

from ~566k 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 3 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Euro Truck Simulator 2 at ≈ 59.7M–97.0M copies, ≈ $328.0M–$881.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (2 of 3) and Automobile Sim (1 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Driving + Transportation, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.6M–18.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.5M–$256.7M after Steam's cut $173.6M–$395.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	381k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Euro Truck Simulator 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 59.7M–97.0M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $328.0M–$881.9M after Steam's cut $596.4M–$1356.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	944k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DrivingTransportation
Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.5M–31.6M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $80.3M–$215.8M after Steam's cut $145.9M–$332.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	566k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like