How much revenue did Timberborn make?

An estimated 9.3M to 25.1M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Timberborn sell?

Q: How many copies did Timberborn sell?

An estimated 969k to 1.6M copies, based on its 40k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 969k–1.6M; $9.3M–$25.1M net $17.0M–$38.6M gross; from 40k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Timberborn out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Timberborn's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–26k

best case 1.4M (Kingdoms and Castles)

The City Builder lane

A niche genre: modest ceilings, most sell around 16k copies, so plan for a small audience.

A typical game

≈ 16k copies

≈ $175k after Steam's cut

from ~493 reviews

Best case

≈ 1.4M copies

Kingdoms and Castles · ≈ $10.9M after Steam's cut

from 31k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

5 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 3 are breakout hits far above it.

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 Colony Sim + Strategy, priced around $20.
The breakout hits carry Building + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Gold ($250k–$1M before Steam's cut, est.); the best case reaches Diamond ($1M+). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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