How much revenue did Mist Survival make?

$1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mist Survival sell?

Q: How many copies did Mist Survival sell?

437k to 711k copies, based on its 14k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 437k–711k; $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut; from 14k reviews (Mostly 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 Mist Survival and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mist Survival's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–9.9M

best case 27.3M (The Forest)

Games like Mist Survival

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–9.9M copies

≈ $16.8M–$106.6M after Steam's cut

from ~110k 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 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: The Forest at ≈ 20.8M–33.7M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (8 of 8) and Open World (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.5M–49.6M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $209.9M–$564.4M after Steam's cut $381.6M–$868.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	483k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Days Gone 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $32.0M–$86.0M after Steam's cut $58.2M–$132.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldZombies
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 6.2x 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
Green Hell 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.4M–$54.8M after Steam's cut $37.0M–$84.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	103k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
How to Survive 2014	Est. copies ≈ 958k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.6M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	17k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
SCUM 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $39.0M–$104.9M after Steam's cut $70.9M–$161.4M before Steam's cut	$44.99	127k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Miscreated 2018	Est. copies ≈ 960k–1.6M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.3M after Steam's cut $14.4M–$32.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Mixed	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.5M–$25.6M after Steam's cut $17.3M–$39.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	21k reviews Mostly Positive	ZombiesOpen World