How much revenue did DESOLATE make?

$957k–$2.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DESOLATE sell?

Q: How many copies did DESOLATE sell?

232k to 377k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 232k–377k; $957k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before Steam's cut; from 8k 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 DESOLATE and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DESOLATE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 261k–11.6M

best case 27.3M (The Forest)

Games like DESOLATE

A typical game among these

≈ 261k–11.6M copies

≈ $3.4M–$162.4M after Steam's cut

from ~20k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Forest at ≈ 20.8M–33.7M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 14k reviews in their first month; the range was 243 to 178k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (8 of 8) and Open World (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 2 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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Rake 2015	Est. copies ≈ 214k–348k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $294k–$790k after Steam's cut $534k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Sons Of The Forest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8.0M–12.9M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $65.7M–$176.6M after Steam's cut $119.4M–$271.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	321k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 34x vs typical 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
ZOMBI 2015	Est. copies ≈ 154k–250k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $846k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mixed	ZombiesSurvival
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.6M–18.8M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.5M–$256.7M after Steam's cut $173.6M–$395.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	381k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Darkwood 2017	Est. copies ≈ 861k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Osiris: New Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 374k–608k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	15k reviews Mixed	Open World Survival CraftHorror
INFLUXIS 2026	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	257 reviews Mixed	Early AccessOpen World