How much revenue did Grim Realms make?

$44k–$118k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Grim Realms sell?

Q: How many copies did Grim Realms sell?

11k to 17k copies, based on its 429 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–17k; $44k–$118k after Steam's cut $80k–$181k before the cut; from 429 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 Grim Realms out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Grim Realms's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 387k–859k

best case 9.8M (RimWorld)

Games like Grim Realms

The middle of these games

≈ 387k–859k copies

≈ $3.9M–$9.5M after Steam's cut

from ~11k 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 13k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4k to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Colony Sim (8 of 8) and Base-Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Management + Building; 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 22x 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
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
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.8x vs typical 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
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
Dwarf Fortress 2022	Est. copies ≈ 780k–1.3M 2.8x vs typical 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
Colony Survival 2017	Est. copies ≈ 309k–502k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before the cut	$24.95	9k reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim Survival
Going Medieval 2026	Est. copies ≈ 529k–860k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.7M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$18.1M before the cut	$29.99	21k reviews Very Positive	RPGEarly Access