How many copies did Trove sell?

4.5M to 7.4M copies, based on its 93k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Trove make?

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

How big is Trove?

Estimated owners: ≈ 4.5M–7.4M; from 93k 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 Trove out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trove's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14.4M–28.8M

best case 40.5M (Wallpaper Engine)

Games like Trove

The middle of these games

≈ 14.4M–28.8M copies

≈ $113.8M–$230.4M after Steam's cut

from ~398k 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: Wallpaper Engine at ≈ 30.9M–50.1M copies, ≈ $42.3M–$113.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and Survival (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2022, 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 61 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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Unturned 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.4M–31.6M SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	565k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlaySurvival
Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 30.9M–50.1M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $42.3M–$113.8M after Steam's cut $77.0M–$175.1M before the cut	$4.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities
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RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.0M–$193.5M after Steam's cut $130.8M–$297.7M before the cut	$34.99	246k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.3M–33.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $139.6M–$375.3M after Steam's cut $253.8M–$577.4M before the cut	$24.99	416k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationDriving
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.7M–43.5M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.3M–$296.4M after Steam's cut $200.5M–$456.1M before the cut	$14.99	778k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.5M–18.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.2M–$256.0M after Steam's cut $173.1M–$393.9M before the cut	$29.99	380k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Hearts of Iron IV 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.6M–25.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $215.0M–$578.2M after Steam's cut $391.0M–$889.5M before the cut	$49.99	376k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II