Genre SurvivalReleased Jul 22, 2016

Starbound

Developed and published by Chucklefish
Estimated lifetime revenue
$9.19M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$6.44M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
1.17M
≈ 10 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 123,333 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
123,333
Very Positive90% positive
Playing now
447
9-day peak 723 · low 447
New reviews, last 9 days
+7
≈ 1 a day since Oct 7

History

Oct 7 – Oct 16

123.3K123.3K123.3K123.3K
Oct 7Oct 11Oct 16

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Survival →

Against the 130 most-reviewed Survival games on Steam

Outearns 22% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$23.07M
121,657 reviews
Top 10% start at
$99.78M
This game
$9.19M
52nd pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Developer
Chucklefish
Publisher
Chucklefish
Genre
Survival
Released
Jul 22, 2016
Steam app ID
211820
Data updated
Oct 16, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.