How much revenue did Robinson: The Journey make?

$104k–$279k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Robinson: The Journey sell?

Q: How many copies did Robinson: The Journey sell?

19k to 31k copies, based on its 549 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19k–31k; $104k–$279k after Steam's cut $189k–$429k before the cut; from 549 reviews (Mixed)

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 Robinson: The Journey out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Robinson: The Journey's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–4.3M

best case 6.9M (Elite Dangerous)

Games like Robinson: The Journey

The middle of these games

≈ 2.0M–4.3M copies

≈ $37.6M–$59.6M after Steam's cut

from ~80k reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Elite Dangerous at ≈ 5.2M–8.5M copies, ≈ $28.8M–$77.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 53 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4 to 27k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (5 of 8) and VR (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space Sim + Space, priced around $20.
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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Time Machine VR 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$166k before the cut	$29.99	117 reviews Mixed	VRAdventure
Half-Life: Alyx 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $43.0M–$115.5M after Steam's cut $78.1M–$177.7M before the cut	$59.99	105k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRFPS
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
Cyber Blades - Demo 2022	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	13 reviews Mixed	Bullet HellBoxing
Jurassic World Evolution 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $19.2M–$51.7M after Steam's cut $35.0M–$79.5M before the cut	$59.99	47k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursBuilding
Jurassic World Evolution 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.8M–$55.9M after Steam's cut $37.8M–$86.0M before the cut	$44.99	55k reviews Very Positive	BuildingDinosaurs
Go For Launch: Mercury 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before the cut	$9.99	73 reviews Very Positive	VRSpace Sim
VHAIP 2021	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $245–$660 after Steam's cut $446–$1k before the cut	$5.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Outbreak SimAction