How much revenue did Star Crafter make?

$15k–$40k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Star Crafter sell?

Q: How many copies did Star Crafter sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 110 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$62k before Steam's cut; from 110 reviews (Mostly 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 Star Crafter and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Star Crafter's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.9M–13.1M

best case 35.2M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

Games like Star Crafter

A typical game among these

≈ 2.9M–13.1M copies

≈ $35.8M–$149.6M after Steam's cut

from ~191k 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 Evolved at ≈ 26.8M–43.5M copies, ≈ $110.4M–$296.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 111k reviews in their first month; the range was 16k to 184k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Crafting (8 of 8) and Open World (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Satisfactory 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.3M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $76.3M–$205.2M after Steam's cut $138.8M–$315.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	280k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingAutomation
ICARUS 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $16.4M–$44.2M after Steam's cut $29.9M–$68.0M before Steam's cut	$34.99	69k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Green Hell 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.4M–$54.8M after Steam's cut $37.0M–$84.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	103k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Raft 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $51.7M–$139.0M after Steam's cut $94.0M–$213.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	379k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalMultiplayer
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.8M–43.5M 4.1x vs typical 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
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.6M–18.8M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.5M–$256.7M after Steam's cut $173.6M–$395.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	381k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Grounded 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.2M–$70.4M after Steam's cut $47.6M–$108.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	96k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalMultiplayer
Forager 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.0M–$18.8M after Steam's cut $12.7M–$28.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	44k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival