How much revenue did Herd is Coming make?

$463–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Herd is Coming sell?

Q: How many copies did Herd is Coming sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 59 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $463–$1k after Steam's cut $841–$2k before the cut; from 59 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.5M–8.6M

best case 39.6M (Project Zomboid)

Games like Herd is Coming

The middle of these games

≈ 3.5M–8.6M copies

≈ $34.4M–$211.1M after Steam's cut

from ~97k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Project Zomboid at ≈ 30.2M–49.0M copies, ≈ $207.3M–$557.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 42k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7k to 327k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (7 of 8) and Survival (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 ≈ 30.2M–49.0M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $207.3M–$557.3M after Steam's cut $376.9M–$857.4M before the cut	$24.99	477k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Just Survive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	77k reviews Mixed	ZombiesSurvival
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.3M–$38.3M after Steam's cut $25.9M–$58.9M before the cut	$29.99	70k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $89.6M–$240.8M after Steam's cut $162.8M–$370.5M before the cut	$59.99	219k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldCo-op
Days Gone 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $31.8M–$85.5M after Steam's cut $57.8M–$131.5M before the cut	$39.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldZombies
No More Room in Hell 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	76k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayZombies
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.9M–$29.3M after Steam's cut $19.8M–$45.1M before the cut	$19.99	31k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AtmosphericOpen World
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.1M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $122.7M–$330.0M after Steam's cut $223.1M–$507.7M before the cut	$44.99	400k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies