How much revenue did Survivalist: Invisible Strain make?

$369k–$992k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Survivalist: Invisible Strain sell?

Q: How many copies did Survivalist: Invisible Strain sell?

112k to 182k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 112k–182k; $369k–$992k after Steam's cut $671k–$1.5M before the cut; from 5k 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 Survivalist: Invisible Strain out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Survivalist: Invisible Strain's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–2.5M

best case 2.7M (Northgard: Definitive Edition)

Games like Survivalist: Invisible Strain

The middle of these games

≈ 1.2M–2.5M copies

≈ $11.0M–$24.6M after Steam's cut

from ~37k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Northgard: Definitive Edition at ≈ 2.1M–3.4M copies, ≈ $20.1M–$54.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Colony Sim (7 of 8) and City Builder (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $35.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2026, 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 70 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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