How much revenue did Landless make?

$27k–$74k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Landless sell?

Q: How many copies did Landless sell?

7k to 11k copies, based on its 193 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–11k; $27k–$74k after Steam's cut $50k–$113k before the cut; from 193 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 Landless out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Landless's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.7M–7.5M

best case 55.6M (Rust)

Games like Landless

The middle of these games

≈ 4.7M–7.5M copies

≈ $38.9M–$42.3M after Steam's cut

from ~113k 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Rust at ≈ 42.4M–68.9M copies, ≈ $466.2M–$1253.5M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World Survival Craft (8 of 8) and Survival (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Co-op + Building; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.7M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $93.0M–$250.0M after Steam's cut $169.0M–$384.6M before the cut	$14.99	542k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.2M–49.0M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $207.3M–$557.3M after Steam's cut $376.9M–$857.4M before the cut	$24.99	477k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Green Hell 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.5M–$60.4M after Steam's cut $40.9M–$92.9M before the cut	$27.99	101k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Raft 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.2M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $51.5M–$138.4M after Steam's cut $93.6M–$213.0M before the cut	$19.99	378k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalMultiplayer
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.4M–68.9M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $466.2M–$1253.5M after Steam's cut $847.6M–$1928.4M before the cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting
The Long Dark 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.4M–$62.8M after Steam's cut $42.5M–$96.6M before the cut	$19.99	123k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Don't Starve 2013	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $19.7M–$52.9M after Steam's cut $35.8M–$81.4M before the cut	$9.99	113k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft