How many copies did Rose and Cross sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 89 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Rose and Cross make?

Rose and Cross is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Rose and Cross?

Estimated owners: ≈ 2k–4k; from 89 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 Rose and Cross out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Rose and Cross's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.7M–14.5M

best case 18.7M (DayZ)

Games like Rose and Cross

The middle of these games

≈ 8.7M–14.5M copies

≈ $87.7M–$240.8M after Steam's cut

from ~320k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: DayZ at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $195.8M–$526.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (3 of 3) and Survival (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World, priced around $50.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2024, and 1 of your 3 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 43 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Sons Of The Forest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.9M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $65.4M–$175.8M after Steam's cut $118.9M–$270.4M before the cut	$29.99	320k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
DayZ 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $195.8M–$526.4M after Steam's cut $356.0M–$809.9M before the cut	$49.99	469k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Slime Rancher 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.7M–$79.9M after Steam's cut $54.0M–$122.9M before the cut	$19.99	157k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CuteExploration