How much revenue did Beastie Bay DX make?

$7k–$20k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Beastie Bay DX sell?

Q: How many copies did Beastie Bay DX sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 120 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before the cut; from 120 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 Beastie Bay DX out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beastie Bay DX's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–1.5M

best case 9.8M (RimWorld)

Games like Beastie Bay DX

The middle of these games

≈ 14k–1.5M copies

≈ $47k–$14.2M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: RimWorld at ≈ 7.5M–12.1M copies, ≈ $71.8M–$193.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 153 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 29 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Colony Sim (8 of 8) and Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 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 38 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.1M 176x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $71.8M–$193.1M after Steam's cut $130.6M–$297.1M before the cut	$34.99	246k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Alpha Lyrae Discovery 2019	Est. copies ≈ 518–842 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$10.99	18 reviews Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
High Sea Saga DX 2023	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before the cut	$8.99	535 reviews Very Positive	SimulationPirates
Oxygen Not Included 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M 103x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.4M–$76.4M after Steam's cut $51.7M–$117.5M before the cut	$24.99	144k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Sheltered 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $302k–$811k after Steam's cut $549k–$1.2M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	SurvivalResource Management
Mind Over Magic 2025	Est. copies ≈ 111k–180k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $761k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Survival Colony Sim
The Wratch's Den 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut	$5.99	71 reviews Very Positive	StrategyBase-Building
Ninja Village 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $36k–$96k after Steam's cut $65k–$148k before the cut	$8.99	582 reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGWargame