How much revenue did Cargo! The Quest for Gravity make?

$78k–$210k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cargo! The Quest for Gravity sell?

Q: How many copies did Cargo! The Quest for Gravity sell?

28k to 46k copies, based on its 450 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 28k–46k; $78k–$210k after Steam's cut $142k–$323k before Steam's cut; from 450 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 Cargo! The Quest for Gravity and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cargo! The Quest for Gravity's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–10.1M

best case 105.1M (Garry's Mod)

Games like Cargo! The Quest for Gravity

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–10.1M copies

≈ $7.2M–$71.5M after Steam's cut

from ~109k 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: Garry's Mod at ≈ 80.0M–130.1M copies, ≈ $219.9M–$591.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Physics (8 of 8) and Sandbox (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Moddable, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2026, 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).

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Garry's Mod 2006	Est. copies ≈ 80.0M–130.1M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $219.9M–$591.3M after Steam's cut $399.8M–$909.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.3M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxModdable
Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut $143.6M–$326.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	147k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.0M–$56.6M after Steam's cut $38.3M–$87.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	154k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSimulation
Cooking Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 568k–923k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCooking
People Playground 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.4M–$68.2M after Steam's cut $46.1M–$104.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	321k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGore
Goat Simulator 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's cut $19.7M–$44.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	70k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFunny
Viscera Cleanup Detail 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.1M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.1M before Steam's cut	$12.99	24k reviews Very Positive	SimulationGore
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2026	Est. copies ≈ 594k–966k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxVR