How much revenue did OneShot: World Machine Edition make?

$385k–$1.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did OneShot: World Machine Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did OneShot: World Machine Edition sell?

140k to 228k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 140k–228k; $385k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $699k–$1.6M before the cut; from 6k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 OneShot: World Machine Edition out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including OneShot: World Machine Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.8M–5.0M

best case 5.8M (Stray)

Games like OneShot: World Machine Edition

The middle of these games

≈ 3.8M–5.0M copies

≈ $36.7M–$53.4M after Steam's cut

from ~107k reviews

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

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Stray at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $36.3M–$97.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (2 of 3) and Story Rich (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cats + Cyberpunk, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.6M–$58.2M after Steam's cut $39.4M–$89.5M before the cut	$24.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2.5DPuzzle-Platformer
Outer Wilds 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $18.2M–$48.9M after Steam's cut $33.1M–$75.3M before the cut	$24.99	107k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationSpace
Stray 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.3M–$97.6M after Steam's cut $66.0M–$150.1M before the cut	$29.99	177k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsAdventure