How much revenue did Island 359™ make?

$55k–$149k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Island 359™ sell?

Q: How many copies did Island 359™ sell?

13k to 22k copies, based on its 442 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–22k; $55k–$149k after Steam's cut $101k–$229k before Steam's cut; from 442 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 Island 359™ and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Island 359™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17.5M–31.2M

best case 35.2M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

Games like Island 359™

A typical game among these

≈ 17.5M–31.2M copies

≈ $131.9M–$207.1M after Steam's cut

from ~683k reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ARK: Survival Evolved at ≈ 26.8M–43.5M copies, ≈ $110.4M–$296.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dinosaurs (7 of 8) and Open World (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, 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 61 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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Pro Dino Hunt VR: Jurassic Hunting World 2025	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20–$55 after Steam's cut $37–$84 before Steam's cut	$2.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	ActionAdventure
Primal Roar - Jurassic Dinosaur Era 2022	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$24.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	SimulationDinosaurs
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Primal Reign 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	59 reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayAction
ARK Park 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $151k–$406k after Steam's cut $275k–$625k before Steam's cut	$39.99	452 reviews Mixed	AdventureDinosaurs
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.8M–43.5M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.4M–$296.8M after Steam's cut $200.7M–$456.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	779k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
The Isle 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.9M–9.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $32.6M–$87.7M after Steam's cut $59.3M–$134.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	122k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursSurvival
Robinson: The Journey 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $104k–$280k after Steam's cut $189k–$430k before Steam's cut	$19.99	550 reviews Mixed	VRDinosaurs