How much revenue did SPORE™ make?

An estimated 20.6M to 55.3M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SPORE™ sell?

Q: How many copies did SPORE™ sell?

An estimated 3.7M to 6.1M copies, based on its 72k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.7M–6.1M; $20.6M–$55.3M net $37.4M–$85.0M gross; from 72k reviews (Very 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 SPORE™ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SPORE™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 525k–1.4M

best case 3.8M (Planet Coaster)

The Sandbox lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 718k copies.

A typical game

≈ 718k copies

≈ $5.4M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

Best case

≈ 3.8M copies

Planet Coaster · ≈ $65.7M after Steam's cut

from 72k 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 Simulation + Building, priced around $45.
The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, 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.

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