How much revenue did The Long Dark make?

An estimated 23.2M to 62.3M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Long Dark sell?

Q: How many copies did The Long Dark sell?

An estimated 4.2M to 6.9M copies, based on its 123k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.2M–6.9M; $23.2M–$62.3M net $42.2M–$95.9M gross; from 123k 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 The Long Dark out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Long Dark's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 25.8M–29.5M

best case 104.7M (Terraria)

The Survival lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 27.6M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 27.6M copies

≈ $201.8M after Steam's cut

from ~551k reviews

Best case

≈ 104.7M copies

Terraria · ≈ $404.3M after Steam's cut

from 1.5M reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

6 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 2 are breakout hits 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 Survival + Crafting, priced around $25.
The breakout hits carry Sandbox + PvP + 2D; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2011 to 2021, 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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