How much revenue did Balrum make?

$138k–$370k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Balrum sell?

Q: How many copies did Balrum sell?

33k to 54k copies, based on its 802 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 33k–54k; $138k–$370k after Steam's cut $250k–$569k before the cut; from 802 reviews (Mostly 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 Balrum out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Balrum's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 191k–431k

best case 39.6M (Project Zomboid)

Games like Balrum

The middle of these games

≈ 191k–431k copies

≈ $2.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Project Zomboid at ≈ 30.2M–49.0M copies, ≈ $207.3M–$557.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and Survival (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Open World Survival Craft + Sandbox + Post-apocalyptic; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2026, and 2 of your 8 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).

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Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.2M–49.0M 66x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $207.3M–$557.3M after Steam's cut $376.9M–$857.4M before the cut	$24.99	477k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
The Flame in the Flood 2016	Est. copies ≈ 304k–493k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAdventure
Hello Kitty Island Adventure 2025	Est. copies ≈ 306k–497k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.0M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before the cut	$39.99	12k reviews Very Positive	CozyOpen World
RPG MO 2015	Est. copies ≈ 145k–235k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayRPG
Dead Maze 2018	Est. copies ≈ 146k–238k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySurvival
UnderRail 2015	Est. copies ≈ 353k–573k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RPGPost-apocalyptic
Feel The Snow 2019	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $315k–$846k after Steam's cut $572k–$1.3M before the cut	$12.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftMultiplayer
HumanitZ 2026	Est. copies ≈ 351k–570k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before the cut	$19.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessSurvival