How much revenue did Planetary Settlers make?

$501–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Planetary Settlers sell?

Q: How many copies did Planetary Settlers sell?

365 to 593 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 365–593; $501–$1k after Steam's cut $911–$2k before the cut; from 12 reviews (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 Planetary Settlers out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Planetary Settlers's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 51k–98k

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like Planetary Settlers

The middle of these games

≈ 51k–98k copies

≈ $354k–$595k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.1M–11.6M copies, ≈ $78.6M–$211.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 315 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Space (7 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Physics + Sandbox + Science; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2025, and 1 of your 8 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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Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.6M 87x 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
Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.5M 19x vs typical 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
Rover Mechanic Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $55k–$147k after Steam's cut $99k–$226k before the cut	$11.99	667 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationIndie
Mars Horizon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 77k–125k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $422k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $766k–$1.7M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ManagementSpace
Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 34k–54k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $323k–$867k after Steam's cut $587k–$1.3M before the cut	$34.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessSpace
Homebrew - Patent Unknown 2014	Est. copies ≈ 54k–89k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $225k–$604k after Steam's cut $408k–$929k before the cut	$14.99	973 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessChoose Your Own Adventure
Take On Mars 2017	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $192k–$516k after Steam's cut $349k–$794k before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mixed	SimulationSpace
Universe Sandbox Legacy 2011	Est. copies ≈ 188k–306k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox