How much revenue did Primal Carnage: Extinction make?

$1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Primal Carnage: Extinction sell?

Q: How many copies did Primal Carnage: Extinction sell?

484k to 786k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 484k–786k; $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.2M before Steam's cut; from 10k 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 Primal Carnage: Extinction and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Primal Carnage: Extinction's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 435k–894k

best case 3.9M (ARK: Survival Ascended)

Games like Primal Carnage: Extinction

A typical game among these

≈ 435k–894k copies

≈ $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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: ARK: Survival Ascended at ≈ 2.9M–4.8M copies, ≈ $36.3M–$97.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dinosaurs (7 of 8) and Open World (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World, priced around $45. The breakout hits carry Building + Base-Building + Early Access; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 79 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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Age of Wonders: Planetfall 2019	Est. copies ≈ 193k–313k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest 2017	Est. copies ≈ 406k–660k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	12k reviews Mixed	Free to PlaySurvival
ARK: Survival Ascended 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 10x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $36.3M–$97.7M after Steam's cut $66.0M–$150.3M before Steam's cut	$44.99	118k reviews Mixed	Early AccessSurvival
PixARK 2019	Est. copies ≈ 393k–639k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Primal Carnage 2012	Est. copies ≈ 366k–594k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $502k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $913k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	DinosaursAction
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