How much revenue did Crying Suns make?

An estimated 893k to 2.4M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Crying Suns sell?

Q: How many copies did Crying Suns sell?

An estimated 130k to 211k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 130k–211k; $893k–$2.4M net $1.6M–$3.7M gross; from 5k 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 Crying Suns out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Crying Suns's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.7M–6.2M

best case 9.7M (RimWorld)

The Building lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 5.2M copies.

A typical game

≈ 5.2M copies

≈ $31.0M after Steam's cut

from ~113k reviews

Best case

≈ 9.7M copies

RimWorld · ≈ $130.7M after Steam's cut

from 242k reviews

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 Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
The games you compared span 2012 to 2021, 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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