How much revenue did Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown make?

An estimated 83k to 223k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown sell?

Q: How many copies did Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown sell?

An estimated 11k to 17k copies, based on its 448 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–17k; $83k–$223k net $150k–$342k gross; from 448 reviews (Mixed)

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 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.1M–3.3M

best case 4.6M (Kenshi)

The Base-Building lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 2.8M copies.

A typical game

≈ 2.8M copies

≈ $29.9M after Steam's cut

from ~71k reviews

Best case

≈ 4.6M copies

Kenshi · ≈ $52.8M after Steam's cut

from 114k 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 Open World + Sandbox, priced around $30.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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