How much revenue did CorpoNation: The Sorting Process make?

$12k–$32k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did CorpoNation: The Sorting Process sell?

Q: How many copies did CorpoNation: The Sorting Process sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 135 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $22k–$49k before the cut; from 135 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 CorpoNation: The Sorting Process out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including CorpoNation: The Sorting Process's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 99k–324k

best case 6.7M (Papers, Please)

Games like CorpoNation: The Sorting Process

The middle of these games

≈ 99k–324k copies

≈ $151k–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Papers, Please at ≈ 5.1M–8.3M copies, ≈ $13.9M–$37.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 9 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4 to 1k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (6 of 8) and Dystopian (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Political + Simulation, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2025, and 3 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Papers, Please 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M 18x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.9M–$37.5M after Steam's cut $25.4M–$57.7M before the cut	$9.99	80k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndiePolitical
Primate Signal 2020	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $512–$1k after Steam's cut $930–$2k before the cut	$5.00	15 reviews Positive	Visual NovelPhilosophical
FACEMINER 2025	Est. copies ≈ 37k–61k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $82k–$221k after Steam's cut $149k–$340k before the cut	$7.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ClickerSimulation
Blêktre 2081 2025	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$8.99	17 reviews Positive	Asynchronous MultiplayerImmersive Sim
Dune: Imperium 2024	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $681k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before the cut	$22.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Board GameStrategy
Beholder 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.1M before the cut	$17.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Dystopian Strategy
Make America Great Again: The Trump Presidency 2016	Est. copies ≈ 75k–123k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $62k–$167k after Steam's cut $113k–$257k before the cut	$2.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MemesPost-apocalyptic
No Place for the Dissident 2020	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $653–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$3.99	24 reviews Mixed	Political SimDystopian