How much revenue did Raptor: Cretaceous Island make?

$602–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Raptor: Cretaceous Island sell?

Q: How many copies did Raptor: Cretaceous Island sell?

274 to 445 copies, based on its 9 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 274–445; $602–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut; from 9 reviews (9 user reviews); Thin evidence: 9 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Raptor: Cretaceous Island out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Raptor: Cretaceous Island's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20k–215k

best case 635k (Primal Carnage: Extinction)

Games like Raptor: Cretaceous Island

The middle of these games

≈ 20k–215k copies

≈ $61k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Primal Carnage: Extinction at ≈ 484k–786k copies, ≈ $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Dinosaurs (7 of 8) and FPS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dinosaurs + FPS, priced around $13.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, 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

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Primal Carnage: Extinction 2015	Est. copies ≈ 484k–786k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before the cut	$12.99	10k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursMultiplayer
Turok 2015	Est. copies ≈ 206k–334k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ActionDinosaurs
Guardians of Orion (Phase 2) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 150k–244k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $41k–$110k after Steam's cut $74k–$169k before the cut	$0.99	4k reviews Mixed	ActionDinosaurs
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil 2017	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $537k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $976k–$2.2M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Bloody Glimpse 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut	$0.99	258 reviews Mixed	ActionIndie
Beast Battle Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 39k–64k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $108k–$290k after Steam's cut $196k–$446k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Oakwood 2018	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $23k–$63k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before the cut	$4.99	559 reviews Very Positive	DinosaursHorror
Dino Trauma 2023	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $36k–$98k after Steam's cut $66k–$150k before the cut	$12.99	410 reviews Very Positive	FPSDinosaurs