How much revenue did Dear Esther make?

Dear Esther is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Dear Esther sell?

Q: How many copies did Dear Esther sell?

An estimated 147k to 239k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 147k–239k; from 6k 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 Dear Esther out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dear Esther's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–4.5M

best case 21.6M (No Man's Sky)

The Atmospheric lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 3.8M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 3.8M copies

≈ $36.5M after Steam's cut

from ~75k reviews

Best case

≈ 21.6M copies

No Man's Sky · ≈ $500.4M after Steam's cut

from 411k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it.

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 + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $60.
The breakout hits carry Space + Procedural Generation + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2018. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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No Man's Sky 2016	Est. copies ≈ 16.4M–26.7M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $271.3M–$729.5M net $493.4M–$1122.4M gross	$59.99	411k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldOpen World Survival Craft +6