How much revenue did The Forever Winter make?

$4.8M–$12.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Forever Winter sell?

Q: How many copies did The Forever Winter sell?

579k to 941k copies, based on its 24k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 579k–941k; $4.8M–$12.8M after Steam's cut $8.7M–$19.8M before the cut; from 24k reviews (Mixed)

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 The Forever Winter out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Forever Winter's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 525k–1.3M

best case 5.1M (Tom Clancy’s The Division™)

The Shooter genre

6 of your 8 similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 525k–1.3M copies

≈ $6.8M–$23.4M after Steam's cut

from ~27k reviews

Best case

≈ 3.9M–6.3M copies

Tom Clancy’s The Division™ · ≈ $31.8M–$85.6M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Shooter (8 of 8) and Looter Shooter (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Looter Shooter, priced around $30.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
No Escape from Madness 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$90k before the cut	$11.99	274 reviews Mixed	Extraction ShooterBase-Building
The Cycle: Frontier 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	45k reviews Mixed	Extraction ShooterSurvival
Vigor 2024	Est. copies ≈ 189k–308k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mixed	Looter ShooterMultiplayer
Tom Clancy’s The Division™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $31.8M–$85.6M after Steam's cut $57.9M–$131.7M before the cut	$29.99	97k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldLooter Shooter
Blood Running 2025	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $40k–$92k before the cut	$16.99	198 reviews Mixed	Extraction ShooterSurvival
Borderlands Game of the Year 2023	Est. copies ≈ 764k–1.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.3M–$16.9M after Steam's cut $11.5M–$26.1M before the cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	Looter ShooterFPS
Marauders 2022	Est. copies ≈ 514k–835k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.5M before the cut	$29.99	21k reviews Mixed	Early AccessExtraction Shooter
ZERO Sievert 2024	Est. copies ≈ 362k–588k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before the cut	$19.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Extraction ShooterSurvival