How big is the Colony sim market on Steam?

A typical Colony sim game sells under 20k copies, and the top decile 200k to 500k, based on the 823 games SteamSpy lists for the tag (its visible subset). Labeled estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The realistic ceiling for Colony sim games

Two honest views of what Colony sim games do on Steam: the whole market from a systematic sample, and the games gathered here. Kept separate on purpose.

The market

A typical game sells

≈ under 20k copies

under $140k after Steam's cut, est.

The top decile

≈ 200k–500k copies

$1.4M–$3.5M after Steam's cut, est.

Half the reviews in SteamSpy's sample of 823 Colony sim games sit with 15 of them.

Based on the 823 Colony sim games SteamSpy lists, its visible subset, not the whole market. Games are grouped by the tags players give them, which are applied loosely, so a genre's edges are fuzzy. Owners are SteamSpy estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The Colony sim games gathered on wishvane

Across the 141 Colony sim games compared here, a typical one runs ≈ 27k–210k copies (est.), with RimWorld the biggest comparable game at ≈ 7.4M–12.0M. A small, self-selected sample, not the whole market.

The Colony sim games gathered here span 2008 to 2026, a long track record.
Across the Colony sim games gathered here the median price is $19.99, and the biggest charge more, around $30.

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