How much revenue did Creatura make?

$24k–$63k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Creatura sell?

Q: How many copies did Creatura sell?

6k to 9k copies, based on its 231 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–9k; $24k–$63k after Steam's cut $43k–$98k before the cut; from 231 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 Creatura out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Creatura's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 838k–3.0M

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like Creatura

The middle of these games

≈ 838k–3.0M copies

≈ $10.2M–$35.2M after Steam's cut

from ~30k 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: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.1M–11.6M copies, ≈ $78.6M–$211.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Sandbox (7 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 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 79 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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SPORE™ 2008	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.5M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.2M–$67.8M after Steam's cut $45.8M–$104.3M before the cut	$19.99	73k reviews Very Positive	God GameOpen World
Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.6M 4.9x 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
Kerbal Space Program 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 793k–1.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $10.9M–$29.3M after Steam's cut $19.8M–$45.1M before the cut	$49.99	32k reviews Mostly Negative	SpaceSandbox
SpaceEngine 2019	Est. copies ≈ 472k–767k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.1M before the cut	$29.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessOpen World
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game 2015	Est. copies ≈ 873k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.4M after Steam's cut $13.1M–$29.8M before the cut	$29.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
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
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends 2021	Est. copies ≈ 693k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	28k reviews Very Positive	ClickerFree to Play
Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.9M–$34.7M after Steam's cut $23.5M–$53.4M before the cut	$29.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSpace