How much revenue did Crafting Dead make?

$8k–$20k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Crafting Dead sell?

Q: How many copies did Crafting Dead sell?

6k to 9k copies, based on its 160 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–9k; $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut; from 160 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 Crafting Dead and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Crafting Dead's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.2M–6.4M

best case 88.0M (Left 4 Dead 2)

Games like Crafting Dead

A typical game among these

≈ 5.2M–6.4M copies

≈ $30.3M–$48.9M after Steam's cut

from ~79k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 67.0M–108.9M copies, ≈ $184.1M–$495.0M 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 Zombies (8 of 8) and Survival (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Survival + Open World + Open World Survival Craft; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 to 2024, 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 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

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No More Room in Hell 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	77k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayZombies
Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.5M–49.6M 6.1x 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
Left 4 Dead 2008	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$31.9M after Steam's cut $21.5M–$49.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	68k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
DayZ 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14.3M–23.2M 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $196.4M–$527.9M after Steam's cut $357.0M–$812.2M before Steam's cut	$49.99	470k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Left 4 Dead 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 67.0M–108.9M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut $334.7M–$761.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.1M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
The Walking Dead 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.0M–$56.5M after Steam's cut $38.2M–$86.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	81k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesStory Rich
Days Gone 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $32.0M–$86.0M after Steam's cut $58.2M–$132.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldZombies
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.2M 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $123.1M–$331.0M after Steam's cut $223.8M–$509.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	401k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies