How much revenue did BugOut make?

$5k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BugOut sell?

Q: How many copies did BugOut sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 37 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before the cut; from 37 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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 BugOut out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BugOut's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24.2M–43.6M

best case 128.5M (Terraria)

Games like BugOut

The middle of these games

≈ 24.2M–43.6M copies

≈ $174.3M–$410.7M after Steam's cut

from ~612k 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: Terraria at ≈ 97.9M–159.1M copies, ≈ $269.0M–$723.1M after Steam's cut.

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 Open World Survival Craft + Sandbox, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 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).

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Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.7M 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
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 97.9M–159.1M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $269.0M–$723.1M after Steam's cut $489.0M–$1112.5M before the cut	$9.99	1.5M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.7M–43.4M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.1M–$296.0M after Steam's cut $200.2M–$455.4M before the cut	$14.99	776k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Raft 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.2M 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
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 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
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.4M–68.9M 2.3x 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
Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.2M–49.0M 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
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