How much revenue did Empyrion - Galactic Survival make?

$4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Empyrion - Galactic Survival sell?

Q: How many copies did Empyrion - Galactic Survival sell?

854k to 1.4M copies, based on its 34k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 854k–1.4M; $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.4M before Steam's cut; from 34k 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 Empyrion - Galactic Survival and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Empyrion - Galactic Survival's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.8M–5.4M

best case 29.7M (Don't Starve Together)

Games like Empyrion - Galactic Survival

A typical game among these

≈ 4.8M–5.4M copies

≈ $38.9M–$47.7M after Steam's cut

from ~129k 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. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (8 of 8) and Open World Survival Craft (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2022, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.8M 4.2x 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
Raft 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M 2.9x 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
Space Engineers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.3M–$57.3M after Steam's cut $38.7M–$88.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	135k reviews Very Positive	SpaceSandbox
ASTRONEER 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $33.1M–$89.1M after Steam's cut $60.2M–$137.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	139k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOpen World
Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.5M–49.6M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $209.9M–$564.4M after Steam's cut $381.6M–$868.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	483k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Stranded Deep 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M too small to compare SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.6M after Steam's cut $11.9M–$27.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	48k reviews Mostly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
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
The Long Dark 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–6.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.4M–$63.0M after Steam's cut $42.6M–$97.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	124k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft