How much revenue did The Isle make?

An estimated 29.4M to 79.1M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Isle sell?

Q: How many copies did The Isle sell?

An estimated 5.3M to 8.7M copies, based on its 115k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5.3M–8.7M; $29.4M–$79.1M net $53.5M–$121.6M gross; from 115k 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 Isle out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Isle's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.8M–2.2M

best case 34.8M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

The Dinosaurs lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 2.1M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 2.1M copies

≈ $35.1M after Steam's cut

from ~47k reviews

Best case

≈ 34.8M copies

ARK: Survival Evolved · ≈ $201.8M after Steam's cut

from 772k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

3 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 2 are breakout hits far above it, and 3 are too small to compare.

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 + Multiplayer, priced around $30.
The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Survival + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2011 to 2023, 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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ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.5M–43.1M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $109.4M–$294.2M net $198.9M–$452.6M gross	$14.99	772k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival +6
Jurassic World Evolution 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $19.0M–$51.2M net $34.6M–$78.7M gross	$59.99	47k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursBuilding +6
Jurassic World Evolution 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.7M–$55.8M net $37.7M–$85.8M gross	$44.99	55k reviews Very Positive	BuildingDinosaurs +6
PixARK 2019	Est. copies ≈ 378k–614k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.6M net $3.8M–$8.6M gross	$19.99	13k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World +6
Far Cry® Primal 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.4M–$35.9M net $24.3M–$55.2M gross	$29.99	40k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival +6
Dino D-Day 2011	Est. copies ≈ 786k–1.3M too small to compare SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M net $3.9M–$8.9M gross	$9.99	15k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursMultiplayer +6
ARK: Survival Ascended 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $32.8M–$88.2M net $59.6M–$135.7M gross	$44.99	110k reviews Mixed	Early AccessSurvival +6
ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest 2017	Est. copies ≈ 406k–659k too small to compare SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	12k reviews Mixed	Free to PlaySurvival +6