How much revenue did Kerbal Space Program 2 make?

An estimated 10.5M to 28.2M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kerbal Space Program 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Kerbal Space Program 2 sell?

An estimated 764k to 1.2M copies, based on its 32k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 764k–1.2M; $10.5M–$28.2M net $19.1M–$43.4M gross; from 32k reviews (Mostly Negative)

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 Kerbal Space Program 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kerbal Space Program 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.3M–9.1M

best case 21.6M (No Man's Sky)

The Space lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 6.5M copies.

A typical game

≈ 6.5M copies

≈ $56.3M after Steam's cut

from ~140k reviews

Best case

≈ 21.6M copies

No Man's Sky · ≈ $500.4M after Steam's cut

from 411k 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 Open World + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $60.
The games you compared span 2008 to 2019, 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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