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The realistic ceiling for Survival games

Two honest reads of what Survival games do on Steam: the whole market from a systematic sample, and the games gathered here. Kept separate on purpose.

The market
A typical game sells
≈ 0–20k copies
$0–$56k net, est.
The top decile
≈ 200k–500k copies
$559k–$1.4M net, est.

Based on the 7378 Survival games SteamSpy lists, its visible subset, not the whole market. Owners are SteamSpy estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The Survival games gathered on wishvane

Across the 346 Survival games compared here, a typical one runs ≈ 734k copies (est.), with PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS the biggest at ≈ 123.2M. A small, self-selected sample, not the whole market.

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