How much revenue did Penkura make?

$23k–$63k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Penkura sell?

Q: How many copies did Penkura sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 200 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $23k–$63k after Steam's cut $43k–$97k before the cut; from 200 reviews (Very 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 Penkura out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Penkura's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–2.9M

best case 3.8M (Green Hell)

Games like Penkura

The middle of these games

≈ 1.9M–2.9M copies

≈ $22.3M–$33.6M after Steam's cut

from ~60k reviews

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

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Green Hell at ≈ 2.9M–4.7M copies, ≈ $22.5M–$60.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Base-Building (3 of 3) and Crafting (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $28.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, and 1 of your 3 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Abiotic Factor 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $14.0M–$37.5M after Steam's cut $25.4M–$57.7M before the cut	$34.99	58k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SurvivalOnline Co-Op
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
Green Hell 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M 1.7x vs typical 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