How much revenue did Primal Carnage make?

An estimated 414k to 1.1M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Primal Carnage sell?

Q: How many copies did Primal Carnage sell?

An estimated 301k to 490k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 301k–490k; $414k–$1.1M net $752k–$1.7M gross; 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 Primal Carnage out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Primal Carnage's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.1M–5.0M

best case 34.8M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

The Dinosaurs lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 3.5M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 3.5M copies

≈ $46.2M after Steam's cut

from ~110k reviews

Best case

≈ 34.8M copies

ARK: Survival Evolved · ≈ $201.8M after Steam's cut

from 772k 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 Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $15.
The breakout hits carry Open World Survival Craft + Crafting + Survival; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2013 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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