How much revenue did Starground make?

$18k–$49k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Starground sell?

Q: How many copies did Starground sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 191 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$75k before the cut; from 191 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 Starground out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Starground's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 45k–96k

best case 925k (Hydroneer)

Games like Starground

The middle of these games

≈ 45k–96k copies

≈ $473k–$985k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Hydroneer at ≈ 704k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 817 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 226 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Building (7 of 8) and Automation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Base-Building + Automation, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Base-Building + Mining + City Builder; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, 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 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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Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator Starter Edition 2023	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFree to Play
Hammerting 2021	Est. copies ≈ 64k–105k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $443k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $806k–$1.8M before the cut	$24.99	3k reviews Mixed	Colony SimBase-Building
Captain of Industry 2022	Est. copies ≈ 284k–462k 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before the cut	$34.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingAutomation
Hydroneer 2020	Est. copies ≈ 704k–1.1M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before the cut	$14.99	28k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingMining
Automation Empire 2019	Est. copies ≈ 76k–124k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $628k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before the cut	$29.99	3k reviews Mixed	SimulationStrategy
RAILGRADE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $256k–$689k after Steam's cut $466k–$1.1M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTrains
FortressCraft Evolved! 2015	Est. copies ≈ 150k–243k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $534k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $971k–$2.2M before the cut	$12.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Open World Survival CraftAutomation