How much revenue did Saurian make?

$350k–$940k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Saurian sell?

Q: How many copies did Saurian sell?

64k to 103k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 64k–103k; $350k–$940k after Steam's cut $636k–$1.4M before the cut; from 2k 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 Saurian out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Saurian's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 202k–1.7M

best case 7.6M (The Isle)

Games like Saurian

The middle of these games

≈ 202k–1.7M copies

≈ $822k–$37.6M 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.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Isle at ≈ 5.8M–9.5M copies, ≈ $32.0M–$86.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Dinosaurs (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dinosaurs + Survival, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2021, 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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Dinosaur Hunt 2015	Est. copies ≈ 192k–312k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$216k before the cut	$0.99	4k reviews Mixed	DinosaursAction
theHunter: Primal 2015	Est. copies ≈ 198k–322k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mixed	DinosaursSurvival
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Reborn 2015	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	797 reviews Mostly Positive	DinosaursSimulation
The Isle 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.8M–9.5M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $32.0M–$86.1M after Steam's cut $58.2M–$132.5M before the cut	$19.99	119k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursSurvival
Jurassic World Evolution 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 6.8x vs typical 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 8.0x vs typical 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
Beasts of Bermuda 2018	Est. copies ≈ 296k–481k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before the cut	$19.99	10k reviews Mixed	DinosaursSimulation
The Beasts Of 9500 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $42k–$114k after Steam's cut $77k–$175k before the cut	$9.99	620 reviews Mixed	IndieAdventure