How much revenue did Try to survive Today make?

$6k–$17k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Try to survive Today sell?

Q: How many copies did Try to survive Today sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 82 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut; from 82 reviews (Mixed)

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 Try to survive Today and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Try to survive Today's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 133k–447k

best case 5.5M (Far Cry® 4)

Games like Try to survive Today

A typical game among these

≈ 133k–447k copies

≈ $844k–$5.8M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Far Cry® 4 at ≈ 4.2M–6.8M copies, ≈ $34.3M–$92.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 36 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (6 of 8) and Survival (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + FPS, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of the 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 70 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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Far Cry® 4 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.3M–$92.1M after Steam's cut $62.3M–$141.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	74k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Walking Zombie 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 385k–625k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Very Positive	FPSZombies
EVERSPACE™ 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 326k–529k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.5M–$12.0M after Steam's cut $8.1M–$18.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	13k reviews Very Positive	ShooterSpace
Zompiercer 2020	Est. copies ≈ 120k–194k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $657k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSandbox
The Last Stand: Aftermath 2021	Est. copies ≈ 169k–275k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesSurvival
SULFUR 2024	Est. copies ≈ 259k–421k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
UNDYING - "KINGDOM" 2023	Est. copies ≈ 47k–76k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $258k–$692k after Steam's cut $468k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Story RichMultiple Endings
Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut 2021	Est. copies ≈ 47k–76k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $193k–$518k after Steam's cut $350k–$796k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Post-apocalypticSurvival