How much revenue did Wayward make?

$125k–$336k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wayward sell?

Q: How many copies did Wayward sell?

57k to 92k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 57k–92k; $125k–$336k after Steam's cut $227k–$517k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Wayward and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wayward's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 135k–3.2M

best case 29.7M (Don't Starve Together)

Games like Wayward

A typical game among these

≈ 135k–3.2M copies

≈ $1.1M–$17.5M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Don't Starve Together at ≈ 22.6M–36.8M copies, ≈ $93.2M–$250.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 309 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (8 of 8) and Open World Survival Craft (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 79 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
Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.8M 75x vs typical 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
Don't Starve 2013	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $19.7M–$53.0M after Steam's cut $35.8M–$81.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	114k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Card Survival: Tropical Island 2022	Est. copies ≈ 76k–124k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $523k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $950k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalAdventure
Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2024	Est. copies ≈ 112k–182k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $615k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Stoneshard 2020	Est. copies ≈ 886k–1.4M 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	36k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGRogue-like
UnReal World 2016	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $230k–$618k after Steam's cut $418k–$950k before Steam's cut	$14.50	1k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
Outlaws of the Old West 2019	Est. copies ≈ 181k–295k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $997k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Mixed	Open World Survival CraftWestern
The Wild Eight 2019	Est. copies ≈ 234k–381k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Mixed	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft