How much revenue did WastePunk make?

$646–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did WastePunk sell?

Q: How many copies did WastePunk sell?

471 to 766 copies, based on its 19 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 471–766; $646–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut; from 19 reviews (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 WastePunk out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including WastePunk's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.9M–8.5M

best case 55.6M (Rust)

Games like WastePunk

The middle of these games

≈ 5.9M–8.5M copies

≈ $38.5M–$63.6M after Steam's cut

from ~126k 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Rust at ≈ 42.4M–68.9M copies, ≈ $466.2M–$1253.5M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and Survival (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World, priced around $45. The breakout hits carry Survival + Multiplayer + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.4M–68.9M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $466.2M–$1253.5M after Steam's cut $847.6M–$1928.4M before the cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting
The Long Dark 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.4M–$62.8M after Steam's cut $42.5M–$96.6M before the cut	$19.99	123k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition 2009	Est. copies ≈ 9.8M–16.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.5M–$36.2M after Steam's cut $24.5M–$55.8M before the cut	$4.99	155k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseZombies
DayZ 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $195.8M–$526.4M after Steam's cut $356.0M–$809.9M before the cut	$49.99	469k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.1M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $122.7M–$330.0M after Steam's cut $223.1M–$507.7M before the cut	$44.99	400k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Grim Dawn 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $31.2M–$83.9M after Steam's cut $56.8M–$129.1M before the cut	$24.99	109k reviews Very Positive	Action RPGHack and Slash
Unturned 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.4M–31.6M 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	565k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlaySurvival
Killing Floor 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $44.4M–$119.3M after Steam's cut $80.6M–$183.5M before the cut	$29.99	129k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesMultiplayer