How much revenue did Colony Survival make?

$2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Colony Survival sell?

Q: How many copies did Colony Survival sell?

310k to 504k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 310k–504k; $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut; from 9k 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 Colony Survival and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Colony Survival's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–5.5M

best case 9.9M (RimWorld)

Games like Colony Survival

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–5.5M copies

≈ $11.4M–$58.1M after Steam's cut

from ~42k 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: RimWorld at ≈ 7.6M–12.3M copies, ≈ $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Colony Sim (8 of 8) and Survival (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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

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RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut $132.2M–$300.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	249k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	52k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
Frostpunk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.5M–$92.8M after Steam's cut $62.8M–$142.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	138k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Survival
Dwarf Fortress 2022	Est. copies ≈ 783k–1.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.4M after Steam's cut $11.7M–$26.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Surviving Mars 2018	Est. copies ≈ 889k–1.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	29k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
Oxygen Not Included 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.5M–$76.7M after Steam's cut $51.9M–$118.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	144k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Amazing Cultivation Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 586k–952k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.8M after Steam's cut $7.3M–$16.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	24k reviews Very Positive	SimulationMartial Arts