How much revenue did Gridworld make?

$6k–$17k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gridworld sell?

Q: How many copies did Gridworld sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 243 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut; from 243 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 Gridworld and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gridworld's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–11k

best case 76k (The Sapling)

Games like Gridworld

A typical game among these

≈ 8k–11k copies

≈ $44k–$55k after Steam's cut

from ~291 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: The Sapling at ≈ 58k–94k copies, ≈ $286k–$768k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 48 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 240.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Life Sim (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Life Sim + Sandbox, priced around $18. The breakout hits carry Artificial Intelligence + Procedural Generation + God Game; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2025, and 2 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 36 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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Biotope 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $47k–$108k before Steam's cut	$14.99	219 reviews Mixed	SimulationLife Sim
Bugaboo Pocket 2025	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $46k–$125k after Steam's cut $85k–$192k before Steam's cut	$19.99	341 reviews Very Positive	SimulationCreature Collector
Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before Steam's cut	$14.99	291 reviews Very Positive	NatureScience
EvoLife 2022	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut	$9.99	30 reviews Positive	IdlerSimulation
Creatura 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $24k–$63k after Steam's cut $43k–$98k before Steam's cut	$14.99	231 reviews Mixed	SimulationCasual
The Sapling 2019	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k 6.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $286k–$768k after Steam's cut $520k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Life SimSandbox
SERIES MAKERS TYCOON 2019	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $38k–$87k before Steam's cut	$4.99	534 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationIndie
My Mad Scientist Roommate Turned Me Into Her Personal Robotic Battle Maiden?!? 2023	Est. copies ≈ 843–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut	$29.99	34 reviews Positive	Time ManagementRPG