How much revenue did Outlaws of the Old West make?

$997k–$2.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Outlaws of the Old West sell?

Q: How many copies did Outlaws of the Old West sell?

181k to 295k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 181k–295k; $997k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut; from 6k 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 Outlaws of the Old West and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Outlaws of the Old West's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–109k

best case 56.0M (Rust)

Games like Outlaws of the Old West

A typical game among these

≈ 15k–109k copies

≈ $114k–$991k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Rust at ≈ 42.7M–69.3M copies, ≈ $469.3M–$1261.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

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 130 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World Survival Craft (8 of 8) and Survival (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Building + Open World + Crafting; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 1 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 52 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
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 402x 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
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.8M–43.5M 458x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.4M–$296.8M after Steam's cut $200.7M–$456.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	779k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.7M–69.3M 827x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $469.3M–$1261.8M after Steam's cut $853.3M–$1941.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting
Dino Path Trail 2025	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $24k–$64k after Steam's cut $43k–$99k before Steam's cut	$14.99	234 reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAction-Adventure
Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.8M 320x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $93.2M–$250.7M after Steam's cut $169.5M–$385.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	544k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Heat 2020	Est. copies ≈ 73k–118k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $399k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $726k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mixed	SurvivalWestern
This Land Is My Land 2021	Est. copies ≈ 116k–188k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $953k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Mixed	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Desert Skies 2019	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $74k–$200k after Steam's cut $135k–$308k before Steam's cut	$19.99	470 reviews Mixed	Open World Survival CraftAction