How much revenue did Oxygen Not Included make?

$28.4M–$76.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Oxygen Not Included sell?

Q: How many copies did Oxygen Not Included sell?

4.1M to 6.7M copies, based on its 144k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.1M–6.7M; $28.4M–$76.4M after Steam's cut $51.7M–$117.5M before the cut; from 144k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Oxygen Not Included out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Oxygen Not Included's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–3.6M

best case 5.5M (Frostpunk)

Games like Oxygen Not Included

The middle of these games

≈ 1.9M–3.6M copies

≈ $22.8M–$50.1M after Steam's cut

from ~71k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Frostpunk at ≈ 4.2M–6.8M copies, ≈ $34.4M–$92.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on City Builder (3 of 4) and Survival (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Survival, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2024, and 1 of your 4 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 38 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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Frostpunk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.4M–$92.4M after Steam's cut $62.5M–$142.2M before the cut	$29.99	137k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Survival
Manor Lords 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.8M–$66.6M after Steam's cut $45.0M–$102.4M before the cut	$39.99	91k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.8M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.5M before the cut	$29.99	51k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
Medieval Dynasty 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.4M–$33.4M after Steam's cut $22.6M–$51.4M before the cut	$34.99	52k reviews Very Positive	CraftingBuilding