How much revenue did Planetary Settlers make?

$501–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Planetary Settlers sell?

Q: How many copies did Planetary Settlers sell?

365 to 593 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 365–593; $501–$1k after Steam's cut $911–$2k before Steam's cut; from 12 reviews (Positive)

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 Planetary Settlers and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Planetary Settlers's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 51k–99k

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like Planetary Settlers

A typical game among these

≈ 51k–99k copies

≈ $354k–$604k 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: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.2M–11.7M copies, ≈ $79.0M–$212.3M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 314 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Space (7 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Physics + Sandbox + Science; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 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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Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M 86x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut $143.6M–$326.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	147k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.0M–$35.0M after Steam's cut $23.6M–$53.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSpace
Rover Mechanic Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$227k before Steam's cut	$11.99	671 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationIndie
Mars Horizon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 77k–125k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $422k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $768k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ManagementSpace
Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $327k–$880k after Steam's cut $595k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$34.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessSpace
Homebrew - Patent Unknown 2014	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $225k–$605k after Steam's cut $409k–$930k before Steam's cut	$14.99	974 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessChoose Your Own Adventure
Take On Mars 2017	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $192k–$516k after Steam's cut $349k–$794k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mixed	SimulationSpace
Universe Sandbox Legacy 2011	Est. copies ≈ 188k–306k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox