How much revenue did Burned Land make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Burned Land sell?

Q: How many copies did Burned Land sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 105 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut; from 105 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 Burned Land and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Burned Land's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 64k–159k

best case 939k (HUMANKIND™)

Games like Burned Land

A typical game among these

≈ 64k–159k copies

≈ $177k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: HUMANKIND™ at ≈ 715k–1.2M copies, ≈ $9.8M–$26.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 63 to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (6 of 8) and Turn-Based Strategy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + 4X, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2021, and none of them 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).

Similar games

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As Far As The Eye 2020	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $363k–$975k after Steam's cut $659k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyBuilding
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville 2015	Est. copies ≈ 100k–163k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $412k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $750k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim Survival
Thea 2: The Shattering 2019	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $429k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $780k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRPG
Thea: The Awakening 2015	Est. copies ≈ 184k–300k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
HUMANKIND™ 2021	Est. copies ≈ 715k–1.2M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.8M–$26.4M after Steam's cut $17.9M–$40.7M before Steam's cut	$49.99	29k reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Marble Age 2015	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $60k–$161k after Steam's cut $109k–$248k before Steam's cut	$5.99	745 reviews Very Positive	IndieStrategy
Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord 2021	Est. copies ≈ 98k–160k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $108k–$290k after Steam's cut $196k–$446k before Steam's cut	$3.99	4k reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Marble Age: Remastered 2020	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $50k–$113k before Steam's cut	$9.99	401 reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerStrategy