How much revenue did Mars Horizon make?

$422k–$1.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mars Horizon sell?

Q: How many copies did Mars Horizon sell?

77k to 125k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 77k–125k; $422k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $766k–$1.7M before the cut; from 3k 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 Mars Horizon out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mars Horizon's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 798–2.4M

best case 10.8M (Stellaris)

Games like Mars Horizon

The middle of these games

≈ 798–2.4M copies

≈ $9k–$72.6M after Steam's cut

from ~374 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Stellaris at ≈ 8.2M–13.3M copies, ≈ $112.6M–$302.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 12 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3 to 686.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (6 of 8) and Sandbox (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Stellaris 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 526x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $112.6M–$302.8M after Steam's cut $204.7M–$465.8M before the cut	$49.99	197k reviews Very Positive	SpaceGrand Strategy
Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.6M 392x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $78.6M–$211.3M after Steam's cut $142.9M–$325.1M before the cut	$39.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Satellite Command 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before the cut	$9.99	81 reviews Mixed	SimulationIndie
Rover Mechanic Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $55k–$147k after Steam's cut $99k–$226k before the cut	$11.99	667 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationIndie
Rocket Inc 2022	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $81–$219 after Steam's cut $148–$337 before the cut	$2.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Exploration2D Platformer
Rover Mechanic Challenge - ERC Competition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	17 reviews Mostly Positive	Simulation Management
Delivery in Space 2022	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $367–$985 after Steam's cut $667–$2k before the cut	$1.99	27 reviews Positive	Card GameStrategy
EarthX 2023	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $125k–$336k after Steam's cut $227k–$517k before the cut	$19.99	917 reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie