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How many copies did Sealand Survivor sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 25–40
$14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before the cut
from 1 reviews (1 user reviews)
Thin evidence: 1 review. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Sealand Survivor out and predicted the genre from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Sealand Survivor's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.0M–19.3M
best case 38.6M (Portal 2)
Games like Sealand Survivor

The middle of these games

≈ 8.0M–19.3M copies

≈ $79.8M–$113.9M after Steam's cut

from ~165k reviews

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

4 of your 7 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Action-Adventure (3 of 7), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.4M–47.8M copies, ≈ $80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Action-Adventure (3 of 7) and Puzzle (3 of 7).
The winners
Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
The era
The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, and 2 of your 7 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Portal 2
2011
Est. copies
≈ 29.4M–47.8M
2.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut $147.0M–$334.4M before the cut
$9.99
466k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Savage Age
2024
Est. copies
≈ 546–887
too small to compare
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut
$14.99
22 reviews
Positive
War Solution - Casual Math Game
2019
Est. copies
≈ 1k–2k
too small to compare
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$995–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut
$2.99
42 reviews
Mostly Positive
EducationCasual
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
2009
Est. copies
≈ 9.8M–16.0M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$13.5M–$36.2M after Steam's cut $24.5M–$55.8M before the cut
$4.99
155k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Tower DefenseZombies
Timemelters
2024
Est. copies
≈ 5k–8k
too small to compare
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$26k–$71k after Steam's cut $48k–$109k before the cut
$19.99
193 reviews
Very Positive
StrategyFantasy
Rise of the Tomb Raider™
2016
Est. copies
≈ 6.5M–10.5M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$53.2M–$143.0M after Steam's cut $96.7M–$220.1M before the cut
$29.99
155k reviews
Very Positive
AdventureAction
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
2019
Est. copies
≈ 5.0M–8.2M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$55.4M–$149.0M after Steam's cut $100.7M–$229.2M before the cut
$39.99
175k reviews
Very Positive
Action-AdventureSouls-like

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