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How many copies did Satisfactory sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 6.9M–11.2M
$76.0M–$204.4M after Steam's cut $138.2M–$314.4M before the cut
from 279k 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 Satisfactory out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Satisfactory's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.3M–8.3M
best case 15.7M (Palworld)
Games like Satisfactory

The middle of these games

≈ 2.3M–8.3M copies

≈ $21.2M–$85.0M after Steam's cut

from ~115k 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: Palworld at ≈ 12.0M–19.4M copies, ≈ $98.7M–$265.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 38k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 11k to 470k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Open World (6 of 8) and Base-Building (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Open World + Survival, priced around $30.
The era
4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.
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 36 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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Palworld
2026
Est. copies
≈ 12.0M–19.4M
4.2x vs typical
SteamSpy 50M–100M
Est. revenue
$98.7M–$265.3M after Steam's cut $179.4M–$408.2M before the cut
$29.99
482k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldSurvival
Factorio
2020
Est. copies
≈ 5.8M–9.4M
2.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$55.8M–$150.2M after Steam's cut $101.5M–$231.0M before the cut
$35.00
234k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
AutomationBase-Building
Schedule I
2025
Est. copies
≈ 7.8M–12.7M
2.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$42.9M–$115.2M after Steam's cut $77.9M–$177.3M before the cut
$19.99
314k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Timberborn
2026
Est. copies
≈ 1.0M–1.7M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$9.8M–$26.4M after Steam's cut $17.9M–$40.7M before the cut
$34.99
41k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
City BuilderVoxel
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
2020
Est. copies
≈ 1.5M–2.4M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$10.2M–$27.4M after Steam's cut $18.5M–$42.2M before the cut
$24.99
60k reviews
Very Positive
SandboxBase-Building
Dyson Sphere Program
2021
Est. copies
≈ 2.3M–3.7M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$12.5M–$33.6M after Steam's cut $22.7M–$51.6M before the cut
$19.99
92k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
AutomationSpace
The Planet Crafter
2024
Est. copies
≈ 1.8M–2.9M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$12.0M–$32.2M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.5M before the cut
$23.99
73k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Open World Survival CraftBase-Building
ASTRONEER
2019
Est. copies
≈ 4.0M–6.5M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$33.0M–$88.8M after Steam's cut $60.1M–$136.6M before the cut
$29.99
139k reviews
Very Positive
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