How much revenue did Shelter make?

An estimated 796k to 2.1M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shelter sell?

Q: How many copies did Shelter sell?

An estimated 193k to 314k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 193k–314k; $796k–$2.1M net $1.4M–$3.3M gross; from 4k reviews (Very 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 Shelter out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shelter's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–4.0M

best case 9.0M (theHunter: Call of the Wild™)

The Multiplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 1.9M copies.

A typical game

≈ 1.9M copies

≈ $28.5M after Steam's cut

from ~54k reviews

Best case

≈ 9.0M copies

theHunter: Call of the Wild™ · ≈ $69.7M after Steam's cut

from 200k 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 Hunting + Open World, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2021, 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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