How much revenue did Forts make?

An estimated 3.5M to 9.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Forts sell?

Q: How many copies did Forts sell?

An estimated 861k to 1.4M copies, based on its 25k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 861k–1.4M; $3.5M–$9.5M net $6.5M–$14.7M gross; from 25k 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 Forts out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Forts's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 366k–1.2M

best case 6.2M (Scrap Mechanic)

The Building lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 457k copies.

A typical game

≈ 457k copies

≈ $6.2M after Steam's cut

from ~14k reviews

Best case

≈ 6.2M copies

Scrap Mechanic · ≈ $47.8M after Steam's cut

from 118k 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 Building + Sandbox, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, 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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