How much revenue did Predynastic Egypt make?

$221k–$593k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Predynastic Egypt sell?

Q: How many copies did Predynastic Egypt sell?

80k to 130k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 80k–130k; $221k–$593k after Steam's cut $401k–$912k before the cut; from 2k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Predynastic Egypt out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Predynastic Egypt's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 813k–863k

best case 27.2M (The Forest)

Games like Predynastic Egypt

The middle of these games

≈ 813k–863k copies

≈ $10.2M–$12.2M after Steam's cut

from ~26k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: The Forest at ≈ 20.7M–33.6M copies, ≈ $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 18k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4k to 44k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (7 of 8) and City Builder (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + War, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, and 3 of your 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 70 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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