How much revenue did Shortest Trip to Earth make?

An estimated 295k to 794k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shortest Trip to Earth sell?

Q: How many copies did Shortest Trip to Earth sell?

An estimated 41k to 67k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 41k–67k; $295k–$794k net $537k–$1.2M gross; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Shortest Trip to Earth out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shortest Trip to Earth's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 167k–239k

best case 5.3M (FTL: Faster Than Light)

The Sci-fi lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 198k copies, with a few that break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 198k copies

≈ $1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

Best case

≈ 5.3M copies

FTL: Faster Than Light · ≈ $20.6M after Steam's cut

from 78k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit 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 Rogue-like + Space, priced around $10.
The breakout hits carry Perma Death + Difficult + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2012 to 2024, 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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