How much revenue did Valheim make?

$110.6M–$297.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Valheim sell?

Q: How many copies did Valheim sell?

13.4M to 21.8M copies, based on its 541k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13.4M–21.8M; $110.6M–$297.4M after Steam's cut $201.1M–$457.5M before the cut; from 541k 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 Valheim out and predicted the genre from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Valheim's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14.0M–22.7M

best case 128.5M (Terraria)

Games like Valheim

The middle of these games

≈ 14.0M–22.7M copies

≈ $133.2M–$176.7M after Steam's cut

from ~482k reviews

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

All 5 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Terraria at ≈ 97.9M–159.1M copies, ≈ $269.0M–$723.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Crafting (5 of 5) and Open World Survival Craft (5 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Crafting, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Sandbox + PvP + 2D; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2026, and 1 of your 5 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.4M–68.9M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $466.2M–$1253.5M after Steam's cut $847.6M–$1928.4M before the cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 97.9M–159.1M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $269.0M–$723.1M after Steam's cut $489.0M–$1112.5M before the cut	$9.99	1.5M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.7M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $93.0M–$250.0M after Steam's cut $169.0M–$384.6M before the cut	$14.99	542k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Palworld 2026	Est. copies ≈ 12.0M–19.4M SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $98.7M–$265.3M after Steam's cut $179.4M–$408.2M before the cut	$29.99	482k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
Raft 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.2M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $51.5M–$138.4M after Steam's cut $93.6M–$213.0M before the cut	$19.99	378k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalMultiplayer