How much revenue did Rise to Ruins make?

An estimated 920k to 2.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rise to Ruins sell?

Q: How many copies did Rise to Ruins sell?

An estimated 223k to 363k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 223k–363k; $920k–$2.5M net $1.7M–$3.8M gross; from 8k 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 Rise to Ruins out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rise to Ruins's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 627k–1.4M

best case 1.9M (They Are Billions)

The Building lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 1.3M copies.

A typical game

≈ 1.3M copies

≈ $5.5M after Steam's cut

from ~19k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.9M copies

They Are Billions · ≈ $22.4M after Steam's cut

from 51k 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 Base-Building + Colony Sim, priced around $30.
The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, 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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