How much revenue did Gaia make?

$13k–$34k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gaia sell?

Q: How many copies did Gaia sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 92 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$52k before the cut; from 92 reviews (Mixed)

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 Gaia out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gaia's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.3M–4.4M

best case 17.6M (Valheim)

Games like Gaia

The middle of these games

≈ 3.3M–4.4M copies

≈ $44.4M–$54.5M after Steam's cut

from ~108k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Valheim at ≈ 13.4M–21.8M copies, ≈ $110.6M–$297.4M 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 158k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 40k to 470k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (8 of 8) and Base-Building (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2026, and 3 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 38 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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Palworld 2026	Est. copies ≈ 12.0M–19.4M 4.5x vs typical 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
ASTRONEER 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $33.0M–$88.8M after Steam's cut $60.1M–$136.6M before the cut	$29.99	139k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOpen World
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Satisfactory 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.2M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $76.0M–$204.4M after Steam's cut $138.2M–$314.4M before the cut	$39.99	279k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingAutomation
Subnautica: Below Zero 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.5M after Steam's cut $40.2M–$91.5M before the cut	$29.99	108k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Valheim 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13.4M–21.8M 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $110.6M–$297.4M after Steam's cut $201.1M–$457.5M before the cut	$29.99	541k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
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