How much revenue did Robinson: The Journey make?

$104k–$280k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Robinson: The Journey sell?

Q: How many copies did Robinson: The Journey sell?

19k to 31k copies, based on its 550 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19k–31k; $104k–$280k after Steam's cut $189k–$430k before Steam's cut; from 550 reviews (Mixed)

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 Robinson: The Journey and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Robinson: The Journey's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–4.3M

best case 6.9M (Elite Dangerous)

Games like Robinson: The Journey

A typical game among these

≈ 2.0M–4.3M copies

≈ $37.7M–$59.9M after Steam's cut

from ~80k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Elite Dangerous at ≈ 5.3M–8.5M copies, ≈ $28.9M–$77.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 53 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 27k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (5 of 8) and VR (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space Sim + Space, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Time Machine VR 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$166k before Steam's cut	$29.99	117 reviews Mixed	VRAdventure
Half-Life: Alyx 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $43.2M–$116.1M after Steam's cut $78.5M–$178.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	106k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRFPS
Elite Dangerous 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.9M–$77.8M after Steam's cut $52.6M–$119.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	108k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSpace
Cyber Blades - Demo 2022	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	13 reviews Mixed	Bullet HellBoxing
Jurassic World Evolution 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $19.3M–$51.9M after Steam's cut $35.1M–$79.9M before Steam's cut	$59.99	47k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursBuilding
Jurassic World Evolution 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.8M–$55.9M after Steam's cut $37.8M–$86.1M before Steam's cut	$44.99	55k reviews Very Positive	BuildingDinosaurs
Go For Launch: Mercury 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$9.99	73 reviews Very Positive	VRSpace Sim
VHAIP 2021	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $245–$660 after Steam's cut $446–$1k before Steam's cut	$5.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Outbreak SimAction