How much revenue did The Mystery Of The Moon make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Mystery Of The Moon sell?

Q: How many copies did The Mystery Of The Moon sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Thin evidence: 3 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.

Does this actually work?

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.5M–5.2M

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like The Mystery Of The Moon

The middle of these games

≈ 2.5M–5.2M copies

≈ $24.7M–$55.5M after Steam's cut

from ~113k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.1M–11.6M copies, ≈ $78.6M–$211.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 23k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 16k to 32k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (6 of 8) and Space (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, 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 61 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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ASTRONEER 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $33.0M–$88.8M after Steam's cut $60.1M–$136.6M before the cut	$29.99	139k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOpen World
The Planet Crafter 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.2M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.5M before the cut	$23.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftBase-Building
Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $78.6M–$211.3M after Steam's cut $142.9M–$325.1M before the cut	$39.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
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Dyson Sphere Program 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.6M after Steam's cut $22.7M–$51.6M before the cut	$19.99	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationSpace
Space Engineers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.3M–$57.2M after Steam's cut $38.7M–$88.0M before the cut	$19.99	134k reviews Very Positive	SpaceSandbox
Trailmakers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M too small to compare SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.6M before the cut	$24.99	39k reviews Very Positive	SpaceAction
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