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How many copies did Survive The Troll sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 223–363
from 9 reviews (9 user reviews)
Thin evidence: 9 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Survive The Troll out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Survive The Troll's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–6.9M
best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)
Games like Survive The Troll

The middle of these games

≈ 3.1M–6.9M copies

≈ $47.9M–$92.9M after Steam's cut

from ~137k 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: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.4M–$315.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 83 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3 to 19k.
Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on City Builder (6 of 8) and Base-Building (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
The era
The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Cities: Skylines
2015
Est. copies
≈ 14.2M–23.1M
2.1x vs typical
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$117.4M–$315.8M after Steam's cut $213.5M–$485.8M before the cut
$29.99
292k reviews
Very Positive
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
2019
Est. copies
≈ 5.2M–8.5M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$50.4M–$135.5M after Steam's cut $91.6M–$208.4M before the cut
$34.99
182k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyRTS
Northgard: Definitive Edition
2018
Est. copies
≈ 2.1M–3.4M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$20.1M–$54.0M after Steam's cut $36.5M–$83.1M before the cut
$34.99
69k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyCity Builder
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
2021
Est. copies
≈ 2.4M–3.8M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$26.0M–$69.9M after Steam's cut $47.2M–$107.5M before the cut
$39.99
95k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyRTS
Rebirth evolution
2023
Est. copies
≈ 3k–6k
too small to compare
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$8k–$23k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before the cut
$8.99
138 reviews
Mixed
Frostpunk
2018
Est. copies
≈ 4.2M–6.8M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$34.4M–$92.4M after Steam's cut $62.5M–$142.2M before the cut
$29.99
137k reviews
Very Positive
Dream Hotel Master
2024
Est. copies
≈ 74–121
too small to compare
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$41–$110 after Steam's cut $74–$169 before the cut
$1.99
3 reviews
3 user reviews
SimulationLife Sim
Polity - Online Role Playing
2024
Est. copies
≈ 3k–4k
too small to compare
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
111 reviews
Mostly Positive
City BuilderResource Management

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