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How many copies did Windlands sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 36k–59k
$129k–$346k after Steam's cut $234k–$532k before the cut
from 866 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 Windlands out and predicted the genre from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Windlands's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.7M–15.1M
best case 22.6M (No Man's Sky)
Games like Windlands

The middle of these games

≈ 5.7M–15.1M copies

≈ $44.0M–$175.2M after Steam's cut

from ~126k reviews

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

All 5 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: No Man's Sky at ≈ 17.2M–28.0M copies, ≈ $284.5M–$764.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Exploration (3 of 5) and Horror (3 of 5).
The winners
Winners here lead with Open World + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $60.
The era
The games you compared span 2015 to 2022, and none of them 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 61 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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Subnautica
2018
Est. copies
≈ 11.5M–18.7M
3.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$95.0M–$255.4M after Steam's cut $172.7M–$393.0M before the cut
$29.99
379k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvival
No Man's Sky
2016
Est. copies
≈ 17.2M–28.0M
3.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$284.5M–$764.9M after Steam's cut $517.2M–$1176.7M before the cut
$59.99
415k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldOpen World Survival Craft
Elite Dangerous
2015
Est. copies
≈ 5.2M–8.5M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$28.8M–$77.4M after Steam's cut $52.3M–$119.1M before the cut
$19.99
107k reviews
Mostly Positive
Space SimSpace
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
2017
Est. copies
≈ 4.3M–7.1M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$23.9M–$64.1M after Steam's cut $43.4M–$98.7M before the cut
$19.99
126k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Inside the Backrooms
2022
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–1.9M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.2M before the cut
$6.99
47k reviews
Mostly Positive
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