How much revenue did Tribe: Primitive Builder make?

An estimated 104k to 280k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tribe: Primitive Builder sell?

Q: How many copies did Tribe: Primitive Builder sell?

An estimated 19k to 31k copies, based on its 788 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19k–31k; $104k–$280k net $189k–$430k gross; from 788 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 Tribe: Primitive Builder out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tribe: Primitive Builder's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 75k–520k

best case 1.3M (Timberborn)

The Simulation lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 362k copies.

A typical game

≈ 362k copies

≈ $2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.3M copies

Timberborn · ≈ $17.2M after Steam's cut

from 40k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with City Builder + Voxel, priced around $35.
6 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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