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How many copies did Citizens: Far Lands sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 3k–5k
$9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before the cut
from 136 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 Citizens: Far Lands out and predicted the genre from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Citizens: Far Lands's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–2.7M
best case 5.5M (Frostpunk)
Games like Citizens: Far Lands

The middle of these games

≈ 1.1M–2.7M copies

≈ $10.6M–$43.6M after Steam's cut

from ~31k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 5 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Frostpunk at ≈ 4.2M–6.8M copies, ≈ $34.4M–$92.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on City Builder (5 of 5) and Colony Sim (5 of 5).
The winners
Winners here lead with City Builder + Survival, priced around $30.
The era
The games you compared span 2013 to 2022, and none of them 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Frostpunk
2018
Est. copies
≈ 4.2M–6.8M
4.4x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$34.4M–$92.4M after Steam's cut $62.5M–$142.2M before the cut
$29.99
137k reviews
Very Positive
Dwarf Fortress
2022
Est. copies
≈ 780k–1.3M
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
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
2013
Est. copies
≈ 1.3M–2.2M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$3.7M–$9.8M after Steam's cut $6.6M–$15.1M before the cut
$9.99
21k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
MilitaryCity Builder
Northgard: Definitive Edition
2018
Est. copies
≈ 2.1M–3.4M
2.2x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$20.1M–$54.0M after Steam's cut $36.5M–$83.1M before the cut
$34.99
69k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyCity Builder
Surviving Mars
2018
Est. copies
≈ 873k–1.4M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
29k reviews
Mostly Positive

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