How much revenue did Frostpunk make?

An estimated 34.1M to 91.6M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Frostpunk sell?

Q: How many copies did Frostpunk sell?

An estimated 4.1M to 6.7M copies, based on its 136k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.1M–6.7M; $34.1M–$91.6M net $61.9M–$140.9M gross; from 136k 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 Frostpunk out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Frostpunk's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.5M–7.3M

best case 17.7M (Cities: Skylines)

The Base-Building lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 5.6M copies.

A typical game

≈ 5.6M copies

≈ $58.6M after Steam's cut

from ~99k reviews

Best case

≈ 17.7M copies

Cities: Skylines · ≈ $204.8M after Steam's cut

from 290k reviews

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 City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
The games you compared span 2013 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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