How much revenue did FTL: Faster Than Light make?

An estimated 11.2M to 30.0M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FTL: Faster Than Light sell?

Q: How many copies did FTL: Faster Than Light sell?

An estimated 4.1M to 6.6M copies, based on its 78k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.1M–6.6M; $11.2M–$30.0M net $20.3M–$46.2M gross; from 78k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 FTL: Faster Than Light out and predicted the genre from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including FTL: Faster Than Light's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 178k–238k

best case 493k (Space Rangers HD: A War Apart)

The Strategy lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 198k copies.

A typical game

≈ 198k copies

≈ $1.6M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

Best case

≈ 493k copies

Space Rangers HD: A War Apart · ≈ $2.9M after Steam's cut

from 7k 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 Space + RPG, priced around $15.
The games you compared span 2008 to 2023, 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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