How much revenue did Tin Can make?

An estimated 177k to 475k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tin Can sell?

Q: How many copies did Tin Can sell?

An estimated 32k to 52k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 32k–52k; $177k–$475k net $321k–$731k gross; from 1k 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 Tin Can out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tin Can's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.3M–6.5M

best case 21.6M (No Man's Sky)

The Survival lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 5.3M copies.

A typical game

≈ 5.3M copies

≈ $45.5M after Steam's cut

from ~136k reviews

Best case

≈ 21.6M copies

No Man's Sky · ≈ $500.4M after Steam's cut

from 411k 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 + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $60.
The games you compared span 2012 to 2020, 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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