How much revenue did The Crust make?

$813k–$2.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Crust sell?

Q: How many copies did The Crust sell?

92k to 150k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 92k–150k; $813k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before the cut; from 4k reviews (Mostly 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 The Crust out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Crust's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 405k–2.2M

best case 9.8M (RimWorld)

Games like The Crust

The middle of these games

≈ 405k–2.2M copies

≈ $4.4M–$30.1M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4k to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Base-Building (8 of 8) and Colony Sim (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2026, and 1 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 17x 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
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
Surviving Mars 2018	Est. copies ≈ 873k–1.4M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	29k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
Stationeers 2017	Est. copies ≈ 318k–516k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.6M before the cut	$34.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSpace
Oxygen Not Included 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M 9.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.4M–$76.4M after Steam's cut $51.7M–$117.5M before the cut	$24.99	144k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Planetbase 2015	Est. copies ≈ 508k–826k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.7M before the cut	$14.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
Stranded: Alien Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 281k–457k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.2M before the cut	$34.99	11k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalBase-Building
IXION 2022	Est. copies ≈ 436k–708k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.3M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.4M before the cut	$34.99	18k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceCity Builder