How much revenue did Russian Village Simulator on Mars make?

$8k–$21k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Russian Village Simulator on Mars sell?

Q: How many copies did Russian Village Simulator on Mars sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 73 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$33k before Steam's cut; from 73 reviews (Mostly 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 Russian Village Simulator on Mars and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Russian Village Simulator on Mars's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–3.0M

best case 57.1M (Stardew Valley)

Games like Russian Village Simulator on Mars

A typical game among these

≈ 1.7M–3.0M copies

≈ $18.4M–$23.2M after Steam's cut

from ~56k 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: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.5M–70.7M copies, ≈ $179.4M–$482.4M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 20k reviews in their first month; the range was 16k to 43k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Farming Sim (5 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Life Sim + Relaxing + Agriculture; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2023, 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 31 for the most recent game here to about 52 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
Farming Simulator 22 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.1M after Steam's cut $23.1M–$52.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	93k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Farming Sim
Medieval Dynasty 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.7M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.8M before Steam's cut	$34.99	52k reviews Very Positive	CraftingBuilding
Graveyard Keeper 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.4M–$25.2M after Steam's cut $17.1M–$38.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	56k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsCrafting
Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.5M–70.7M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $179.4M–$482.4M after Steam's cut $326.2M–$742.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
DAVE THE DIVER 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.2M–$59.8M after Steam's cut $40.4M–$91.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	163k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsCasual
Farming Simulator 19 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$30.9M after Steam's cut $20.9M–$47.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	76k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Farming Sim
My Time at Portia 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	44k reviews Very Positive	Life SimRPG
Forager 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.0M–$18.8M after Steam's cut $12.7M–$28.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	44k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival