How much revenue did Welcome to Goodland make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Welcome to Goodland sell?

Q: How many copies did Welcome to Goodland sell?

893 to 1k copies, based on its 36 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 893–1k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before the cut; from 36 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 Welcome to Goodland out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Welcome to Goodland's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 56k–238k

best case 384k (Suzerain)

Games like Welcome to Goodland

The middle of these games

≈ 56k–238k copies

≈ $403k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Suzerain at ≈ 292k–475k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 498 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 856.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Choose Your Own Adventure (5 of 8) and Political Sim (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Choose Your Own Adventure, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2025, 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 79 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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Suzerain 2020	Est. copies ≈ 292k–475k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before the cut	$19.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelChoose Your Own Adventure
For the People 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $95k–$254k after Steam's cut $172k–$391k before the cut	$16.99	816 reviews Mostly Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureVisual Novel
CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience 2020	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $388k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $705k–$1.6M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureTime Management
Mind Scanners 2021	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $169k–$455k after Steam's cut $308k–$701k before the cut	$16.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Time ManagementDystopian
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Long Live The Queen 2013	Est. copies ≈ 453k–736k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.1M before the cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelPolitical Sim
Beholder 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $348k–$937k after Steam's cut $633k–$1.4M before the cut	$17.99	3k reviews Mixed	Political SimSimulation
Cool Kingdom 2025	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$111 after Steam's cut $75–$170 before the cut	$2.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	MedievalChoices Matter