How much revenue did FolkOrigin make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FolkOrigin sell?

Q: How many copies did FolkOrigin sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 43 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut; from 43 reviews (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 FolkOrigin out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FolkOrigin's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.3M–20.1M

best case 27.2M (The Forest)

Games like FolkOrigin

The middle of these games

≈ 7.3M–20.1M copies

≈ $96.3M–$190.8M after Steam's cut

from ~279k 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: The Forest at ≈ 20.7M–33.6M copies, ≈ $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 184k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 35k to 327k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (6 of 8) and Survival (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 52 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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Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.7M 1.9x vs typical 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
Satisfactory 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.2M 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
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $122.7M–$330.0M after Steam's cut $223.1M–$507.7M before the cut	$44.99	400k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $87.6M–$235.4M after Steam's cut $159.2M–$362.2M before the cut	$44.99	206k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tactical RPGRPG
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
The Long Dark 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–6.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.4M–$62.9M after Steam's cut $42.5M–$96.8M before the cut	$19.99	124k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Stranded Deep 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M too small to compare SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.5M after Steam's cut $11.8M–$27.0M before the cut	$19.99	48k reviews Mostly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Oxygen Not Included 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.5M–$76.5M after Steam's cut $51.7M–$117.7M before the cut	$24.99	144k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building