How much revenue did Occupy Mars: The Game make?

$649k–$1.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Occupy Mars: The Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Occupy Mars: The Game sell?

79k to 128k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 79k–128k; $649k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Occupy Mars: The Game and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Occupy Mars: The Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 268k–2.8M

best case 9.1M (Satisfactory)

Games like Occupy Mars: The Game

A typical game among these

≈ 268k–2.8M copies

≈ $3.7M–$30.1M after Steam's cut

from ~29k 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.

Best case: Satisfactory at ≈ 6.9M–11.3M copies, ≈ $76.3M–$205.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 17k reviews in their first month; the range was 959 to 184k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Crafting (6 of 8) and Open World Survival Craft (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Base-Building + Automation, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 3 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 38 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
Satisfactory 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.3M 9.6x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $76.3M–$205.2M after Steam's cut $138.8M–$315.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	280k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingAutomation
Green Hell 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.4M–$54.8M after Steam's cut $37.0M–$84.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	103k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Astrometica 2024	Est. copies ≈ 80k–129k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $437k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $795k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Space SimSurvival
Nova Lands 2023	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $482k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $877k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AutomationBase-Building
The Planet Crafter 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.3M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$23.99	75k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftBase-Building
Eco 2018	Est. copies ≈ 428k–696k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.5M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSimulation
Forager 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.0M–$18.8M after Steam's cut $12.7M–$28.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	44k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Ylands 2019	Est. copies ≈ 243k–396k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mixed	AdventureMultiplayer