How much revenue did Occupy Mars: The Game make?

$642k–$1.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Occupy Mars: The Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Occupy Mars: The Game sell?

78k to 126k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 78k–126k; $642k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut; from 3k 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 Occupy Mars: The Game out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Occupy Mars: The Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 268k–2.7M

best case 9.1M (Satisfactory)

Games like Occupy Mars: The Game

The middle of these games

≈ 268k–2.7M copies

≈ $3.7M–$31.7M after Steam's cut

from ~29k 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.

Best case: Satisfactory at ≈ 6.9M–11.2M copies, ≈ $76.0M–$204.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 17k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 959 to 184k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Crafting (6 of 8) and Open World Survival Craft (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Base-Building + Automation, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2024, and 3 of your 8 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 38 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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Satisfactory 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.2M 9.6x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $76.0M–$204.4M after Steam's cut $138.2M–$314.4M before the cut	$39.99	279k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingAutomation
Green Hell 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M 3.5x 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
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Nova Lands 2023	Est. copies ≈ 87k–142k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $480k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $873k–$2.0M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AutomationBase-Building
The Planet Crafter 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.2M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.5M before the cut	$23.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftBase-Building
Eco 2018	Est. copies ≈ 427k–694k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.5M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.6M before the cut	$29.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSimulation
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