How much revenue did Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander make?

An estimated 1.7M to 4.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander sell?

Q: How many copies did Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander sell?

An estimated 305k to 496k copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 305k–496k; $1.7M–$4.5M net $3.1M–$6.9M gross; from 13k 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 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–5.4M

best case 9.7M (RimWorld)

The Survival lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 4.5M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 4.5M copies

≈ $29.0M after Steam's cut

from ~102k reviews

Best case

≈ 9.7M copies

RimWorld · ≈ $130.7M after Steam's cut

from 242k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

6 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 2 are breakout hits far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Base-Building + Survival, priced around $35.
The breakout hits carry Base-Building + Strategy + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2012 to 2023, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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