How much revenue did TheoTown make?

$378k–$1.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did TheoTown sell?

Q: How many copies did TheoTown sell?

137k to 223k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 137k–223k; $378k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $686k–$1.6M 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 TheoTown out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including TheoTown's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 505k–1.3M

best case 9.8M (RimWorld)

Games like TheoTown

The middle of these games

≈ 505k–1.3M copies

≈ $3.5M–$11.0M after Steam's cut

from ~26k 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: RimWorld at ≈ 7.5M–12.1M copies, ≈ $71.8M–$193.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 19k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 11k to 86k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Base-Building (6 of 8) and Sandbox (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Base-Building + Survival, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Survival + Automation + Crafting; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2026, and 2 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 61 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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RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.1M 9.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $71.8M–$193.1M after Steam's cut $130.6M–$297.1M before the cut	$34.99	246k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Factorio 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.8M–9.4M 9.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $55.8M–$150.2M after Steam's cut $101.5M–$231.0M before the cut	$35.00	234k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationBase-Building
Necesse 2025	Est. copies ≈ 715k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.2M before the cut	$14.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftMultiplayer
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before the cut	$19.99	31k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Dwarf Fortress 2022	Est. copies ≈ 780k–1.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.3M after Steam's cut $11.7M–$26.6M before the cut	$29.99	31k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Kingdom: Classic 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	23k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayStrategy
Space Haven 2026	Est. copies ≈ 275k–447k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.8M before the cut	$24.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingSpace
Rise to Ruins 2019	Est. copies ≈ 223k–363k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $921k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before the cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Colony Sim