How much revenue did Trover Saves the Universe make?

$768k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Trover Saves the Universe sell?

Q: How many copies did Trover Saves the Universe sell?

93k to 151k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 93k–151k; $768k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut; from 3k reviews (Very Positive)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–312k

best case 832k (High On Life)

Games like Trover Saves the Universe

The middle of these games

≈ 8k–312k copies

≈ $40k–$4.1M after Steam's cut

from ~619 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: High On Life at ≈ 634k–1.0M copies, ≈ $7.0M–$18.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 61 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 42 to 7k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Comedy (5 of 8) and VR (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Comedy + FPS, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2022, 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 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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Surgeon Simulator 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 27x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before the cut	$9.99	17k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFunny
Suicide Guy VR 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $25k–$58k before the cut	$9.99	205 reviews Mixed	Puzzle-PlatformerComedy
The American Dream 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $16k–$44k after Steam's cut $30k–$67k before the cut	$14.99	130 reviews Mixed	Dark ComedyStory Rich
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