How much revenue did Saurian make?

$350k–$942k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Saurian sell?

Q: How many copies did Saurian sell?

64k to 104k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 64k–104k; $350k–$942k after Steam's cut $637k–$1.4M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Saurian and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Saurian's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 202k–1.7M

best case 7.8M (The Isle)

Games like Saurian

A typical game among these

≈ 202k–1.7M copies

≈ $824k–$37.7M 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Isle at ≈ 5.9M–9.6M copies, ≈ $32.6M–$87.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dinosaurs (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dinosaurs + Survival, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2021, 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).

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Dinosaur Hunt 2015	Est. copies ≈ 192k–312k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$216k before Steam's cut	$0.99	4k reviews Mixed	DinosaursAction
theHunter: Primal 2015	Est. copies ≈ 198k–322k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mixed	DinosaursSurvival
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Reborn 2015	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	797 reviews Mostly Positive	DinosaursSimulation
The Isle 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.9M–9.6M 18x vs typical 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
Jurassic World Evolution 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 6.8x vs typical 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 8.0x vs typical 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
Beasts of Bermuda 2018	Est. copies ≈ 297k–482k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Mixed	DinosaursSimulation
The Beasts Of 9500 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $42k–$113k after Steam's cut $77k–$174k before Steam's cut	$9.99	619 reviews Mixed	IndieAdventure