How much revenue did Sea of Craft make?

$47k–$125k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sea of Craft sell?

Q: How many copies did Sea of Craft sell?

11k to 18k copies, based on its 455 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–18k; $47k–$125k after Steam's cut $85k–$192k before the cut; from 455 reviews (Mostly 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 Sea of Craft out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sea of Craft's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12.7M–20.1M

best case 27.2M (The Forest)

Games like Sea of Craft

The middle of these games

≈ 12.7M–20.1M copies

≈ $157.7M–$206.9M after Steam's cut

from ~415k 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.

Best case: The Forest at ≈ 20.7M–33.6M copies, ≈ $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 181k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 132k to 470k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (8 of 8) and Survival (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 52 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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Sons Of The Forest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.8M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $65.0M–$174.9M after Steam's cut $118.2M–$269.0M before the cut	$29.99	318k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
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
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.5M–18.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.0M–$255.4M after Steam's cut $172.7M–$393.0M before the cut	$29.99	379k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
No Man's Sky 2016	Est. copies ≈ 17.2M–28.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $284.5M–$764.9M after Steam's cut $517.2M–$1176.7M before the cut	$59.99	415k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldOpen World Survival Craft
ASTRONEER 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M too small to compare 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
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Valheim 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13.4M–21.8M 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
Satisfactory 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.2M 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