How much revenue did CryoFall make?

$879k–$2.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did CryoFall sell?

Q: How many copies did CryoFall sell?

160k to 260k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 160k–260k; $879k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut; from 6k reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left CryoFall out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including CryoFall's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–78k

best case 868k (Necesse)

The City Builder genre

4 of your 8 similar games are hits. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 11k–78k copies

≈ $60k–$904k after Steam's cut

from ~938 reviews

Best case

≈ 661k–1.1M copies

Necesse · ≈ $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

The launch: The games that made it here had roughly 116 to 388 reviews in their first month.
Your set: Your set clusters on City Builder (4 of 8) and Colony Sim (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Open World, priced around $15.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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