How much revenue did life is not auto make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did life is not auto sell?

Q: How many copies did life is not auto sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 101 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut; from 101 reviews (Very 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 life is not auto and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including life is not auto's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 29.7M–56.0M

best case 125.7M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

Games like life is not auto

A typical game among these

≈ 29.7M–56.0M copies

≈ $195.7M–$374.3M after Steam's cut

from ~779k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at ≈ 95.8M–155.7M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 3.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (6 of 8) and Crafting (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter.
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).

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Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.7M–69.3M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $469.3M–$1261.8M after Steam's cut $853.3M–$1941.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Harmonic Depths 2023	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	15 reviews Positive	ExplorationImmersive Sim
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 95.8M–155.7M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.8M reviews Mixed	SurvivalShooter
Hexagroove: Tactical DJ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $956–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$19.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	ColorfulMusic
Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.8M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $93.2M–$250.7M after Steam's cut $169.5M–$385.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	544k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.8M–43.5M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.4M–$296.8M after Steam's cut $200.7M–$456.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	779k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
VR Pianist 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $381–$1k after Steam's cut $693–$2k before Steam's cut	$13.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	MusicRhythm