How many copies did Exocraft sell?

10k to 17k copies, based on its 356 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Exocraft make?

Exocraft is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Exocraft?

Estimated owners: ≈ 10k–17k; from 356 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 Exocraft out and predicted the genre from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Exocraft's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 492k–831k

best case 3.3M (EVE Online)

Games like Exocraft

The middle of these games

≈ 492k–831k copies

≈ $4.5M–$8.7M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

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

All 7 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: EVE Online at ≈ 2.5M–4.0M copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1k to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Management (4 of 7) and Simulation (3 of 7).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Open World.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2025, and 1 of your 7 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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EVE Online 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	39k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceFree to Play
Youtubers Life 2017	Est. copies ≈ 530k–862k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before the cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mostly Positive	ManagementSingleplayer
Shop Titans 2020	Est. copies ≈ 446k–724k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerShop Keeper
IdleOn - The Incremental MMO 2025	Est. copies ≈ 736k–1.2M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	30k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerPixel Graphics
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV 2020	Est. copies ≈ 395k–642k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.5M after Steam's cut $11.8M–$26.9M before the cut	$59.99	16k reviews Mixed	Turn-Based TacticsWargame
Nobody - The Turnaround 2022	Est. copies ≈ 355k–576k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	14k reviews Mixed	Early AccessLife Sim
Project Hospital 2018	Est. copies ≈ 283k–459k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before the cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Medical SimCity Builder