How much revenue did Forever Skies make?

An estimated 1.7M to 4.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Forever Skies sell?

Q: How many copies did Forever Skies sell?

An estimated 205k to 333k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 205k–333k; $1.7M–$4.5M net $3.1M–$7.0M gross; from 9k 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 Forever Skies out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Forever Skies's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 23.0M–90.0M

best case 104.7M (Terraria)

The Multiplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 55.0M copies. From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

A typical game

≈ 55.0M copies

≈ $236.2M after Steam's cut

from ~899k reviews

Best case

≈ 104.7M copies

Terraria · ≈ $404.3M after Steam's cut

from 1.5M 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 Survival Craft + Sandbox, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2006 to 2021, 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.

Similar games

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Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 79.8M–129.7M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $219.2M–$589.4M net $398.6M–$906.8M gross	$9.99	1.5M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox +6
Garry's Mod 2006	Est. copies ≈ 64.9M–105.4M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $178.2M–$479.2M net $324.0M–$737.2M gross	$9.99	1.2M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxModdable +6
Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 18.9M–30.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $77.9M–$209.6M net $141.7M–$322.4M gross	$14.99	550k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MetroidvaniaSouls-like +6
Valheim 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13.3M–21.6M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $73.2M–$196.8M net $133.1M–$302.8M gross	$19.99	537k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival +6