How much revenue did Shelter 2 make?

$1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shelter 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Shelter 2 sell?

211k to 342k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 211k–342k; $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before the cut; 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 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shelter 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–59k

best case 308k (Shelter)

Games like Shelter 2

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–59k copies

≈ $21k–$835k after Steam's cut

from ~549 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Shelter at ≈ 235k–382k copies, ≈ $969k–$2.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 92 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7 to 330.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Nature (5 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Nature, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2022, and none of them 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
Paws - A Shelter 2 Game 2016	Est. copies ≈ 30k–48k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $164k–$440k after Steam's cut $298k–$677k before the cut	$19.99	716 reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Shelter 2013	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $969k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AdventureSurvival
ARIDA: Backland's Awakening 2019	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $38k–$88k before the cut	$3.39	788 reviews Very Positive	Female ProtagonistAdventure
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	59 reviews Very Positive	IndieShort
Shelter 3 2021	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $94k–$215k before the cut	$19.99	381 reviews Mixed	AdventureIndie
Yosemite Forest Ranger 2022	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$14.99	21 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessExploration
Endling - Extinction is Forever 2022	Est. copies ≈ 90k–146k 6.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $741k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.1M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	EmotionalAdventure
Unsettled 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$9.99	19 reviews Mixed	IndieAdventure