How much revenue did You Must Build A Boat make?

An estimated 69k to 185k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did You Must Build A Boat sell?

Q: How many copies did You Must Build A Boat sell?

An estimated 50k to 82k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50k–82k; $69k–$185k net $125k–$285k gross; from 1k 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 You Must Build A Boat out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including You Must Build A Boat's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 200k–503k

best case 1.9M (HuniePop)

The Match 3 lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 306k copies, with a few that break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 306k copies

≈ $1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.9M copies

HuniePop · ≈ $7.4M after Steam's cut

from 32k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it.

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 Nudity + Mature, priced around $10.
The breakout hits carry Dating Sim + Romance + Nudity; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2006 to 2019, 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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