How many copies did Exocraft sell?

10k to 17k copies, based on its 356 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Exocraft make?

Exocraft is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Exocraft?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 10k–17k; from 356 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 Exocraft and predicted how it would do from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Exocraft's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 498k–834k

best case 3.3M (EVE Online)

Games like Exocraft

A typical game among these

≈ 498k–834k copies

≈ $4.5M–$8.8M after Steam's cut

from ~16k 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 7 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: EVE Online at ≈ 2.5M–4.1M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Management (4 of 7) and Simulation (3 of 7).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Open World.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2025, and 1 of the 7 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).

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EVE Online 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.1M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceFree to Play
Youtubers Life 2017	Est. copies ≈ 530k–862k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mostly Positive	ManagementSingleplayer
Shop Titans 2020	Est. copies ≈ 446k–725k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerShop Keeper
IdleOn - The Incremental MMO 2025	Est. copies ≈ 741k–1.2M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	30k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerPixel Graphics
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV 2020	Est. copies ≈ 404k–656k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	16k reviews Mixed	Turn-Based TacticsWargame
Nobody - The Turnaround 2022	Est. copies ≈ 355k–576k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	14k reviews Mixed	Early AccessLife Sim
Project Hospital 2018	Est. copies ≈ 286k–464k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Medical SimCity Builder