How much revenue did life is not auto make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did life is not auto sell?

Q: How many copies did life is not auto sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 101 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut; from 101 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 life is not auto out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including life is not auto's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 29.6M–55.6M

best case 124.1M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

Games like life is not auto

The middle of these games

≈ 29.6M–55.6M copies

≈ $195.2M–$372.4M after Steam's cut

from ~776k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at ≈ 94.5M–153.6M copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 3.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Survival (6 of 8) and Crafting (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter.
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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Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.4M–68.9M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $466.2M–$1253.5M after Steam's cut $847.6M–$1928.4M before the cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Harmonic Depths 2023	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	15 reviews Positive	ExplorationImmersive Sim
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Hexagroove: Tactical DJ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $819–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$19.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	ColorfulMusic
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