How much revenue did Destructive Contraptions make?

An estimated 197 to 532 net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Destructive Contraptions sell?

Q: How many copies did Destructive Contraptions sell?

An estimated 120 to 195 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 120–195; $197–$532 net $359–$818 gross; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews)

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 Destructive Contraptions out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Destructive Contraptions's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.6M–8.8M

best case 24.5M (BeamNG.drive)

The Sandbox lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 4.9M copies.

A typical game

≈ 4.9M copies

≈ $42.5M after Steam's cut

from ~130k reviews

Best case

≈ 24.5M copies

BeamNG.drive · ≈ $237.0M after Steam's cut

from 403k 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 Simulation + Driving, priced around $25.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2023, 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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