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How many copies did Russian Village Simulator on Mars sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 2k–3k
$8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$33k before the cut
from 73 reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Russian Village Simulator on Mars out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Russian Village Simulator on Mars's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–3.0M
best case 56.5M (Stardew Valley)
Games like Russian Village Simulator on Mars

The middle of these games

≈ 1.7M–3.0M copies

≈ $18.2M–$23.1M after Steam's cut

from ~55k 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: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.0M–69.9M copies, ≈ $177.4M–$476.9M 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 20k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 16k to 43k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Farming Sim (5 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Life Sim + Relaxing + Agriculture; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2016 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 52 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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Farming Simulator 22
2021
Est. copies
≈ 2.3M–3.7M
1.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$12.6M–$34.0M after Steam's cut $23.0M–$52.2M before the cut
$19.99
93k reviews
Very Positive
Medieval Dynasty
2021
Est. copies
≈ 1.3M–2.1M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$12.4M–$33.4M after Steam's cut $22.6M–$51.4M before the cut
$34.99
52k reviews
Very Positive
CraftingBuilding
Graveyard Keeper
2018
Est. copies
≈ 1.7M–2.7M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$9.2M–$24.7M after Steam's cut $16.7M–$38.1M before the cut
$19.99
55k reviews
Very Positive
Pixel GraphicsCrafting
Stardew Valley
2016
Est. copies
≈ 43.0M–69.9M
19x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
$177.4M–$476.9M after Steam's cut $322.5M–$733.6M before the cut
$14.99
1.0M reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Farming SimPixel Graphics
DAVE THE DIVER
2023
Est. copies
≈ 4.0M–6.5M
2.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$22.0M–$59.2M after Steam's cut $40.0M–$91.0M before the cut
$19.99
161k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
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Farming Simulator 19
2018
Est. copies
≈ 2.3M–3.8M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$11.5M–$30.8M after Steam's cut $20.9M–$47.4M before the cut
$17.99
76k reviews
Very Positive
My Time at Portia
2019
Est. copies
≈ 1.3M–2.1M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.5M before the cut
$29.99
44k reviews
Very Positive
Life SimRPG
Forager
2019
Est. copies
≈ 1.3M–2.1M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$7.0M–$18.7M after Steam's cut $12.7M–$28.8M before the cut
$19.99
44k reviews
Very Positive
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