How much revenue did Balrum make?

$139k–$373k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Balrum sell?

Q: How many copies did Balrum sell?

34k to 55k copies, based on its 808 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 34k–55k; $139k–$373k after Steam's cut $252k–$573k before Steam's cut; from 808 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 Balrum and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Balrum's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 191k–437k

best case 40.1M (Project Zomboid)

Games like Balrum

A typical game among these

≈ 191k–437k copies

≈ $2.3M–$3.6M 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: Project Zomboid at ≈ 30.5M–49.6M copies, ≈ $209.9M–$564.4M 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 (5 of 8) and Survival (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Open World Survival Craft + Sandbox + Post-apocalyptic; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2026, 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 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
Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.5M–49.6M 67x 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
The Flame in the Flood 2016	Est. copies ≈ 304k–494k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAdventure
Hello Kitty Island Adventure 2025	Est. copies ≈ 311k–505k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.2M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	13k reviews Very Positive	CozyOpen World
RPG MO 2015	Est. copies ≈ 145k–236k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayRPG
Dead Maze 2018	Est. copies ≈ 146k–238k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySurvival
UnderRail 2015	Est. copies ≈ 354k–576k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RPGPost-apocalyptic
Feel The Snow 2019	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $315k–$847k after Steam's cut $573k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$12.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftMultiplayer
HumanitZ 2026	Est. copies ≈ 357k–580k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessSurvival