How much revenue did Derail Valley make?

An estimated 2.9M to 7.8M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Derail Valley sell?

Q: How many copies did Derail Valley sell?

An estimated 265k to 430k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 265k–430k; $2.9M–$7.8M net $5.3M–$12.0M gross; from 9k 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 Derail Valley out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Derail Valley's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 269k–1.3M

best case 8.0M (Factorio)

The Base-Building lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 648k copies.

A typical game

≈ 648k copies

≈ $4.6M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

Best case

≈ 8.0M copies

Factorio · ≈ $108.6M after Steam's cut

from 232k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Automation + Base-Building, priced around $35.
4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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