Tin Can

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Tin Can

Short description

You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?

Developer
Tin Can Studio
Publisher
Tin Can Studio
Release
Thu, May 12, 2022
Price
$19.99
$5.99
70%
Reviews
1,065
Positive
85%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
100K – 200K
Concurrent players
3
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Features
VR Supported
Tags
Simulation Space Survival Indie Realistic Sci-fi First-Person Strategy Early Access Singleplayer Space Sim 3D Resource Management Immersive Sim Science Management Survival Horror Atmospheric Physics Puzzle
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$860ksomewhere between $382k and $3.6m · roughly 21K–200K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $17.94, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $19.99 launch price. That is 10% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

3 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$860k → ~$860k
Reviews 1,065 → 1,065
Price $5.99 → $5.99
Positive reviews 85.4% → 85.4%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 136 further data points reach back to Oct 1, 2020 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $3.99 on Apr 19, 2026.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Tin Can is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Simulation + Space + Survival

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Image Name Studio Shared Tag difference Price Reviews Positive Released Revenue (estimated)
Spacebase DF-9 Spacebase DF-9 Double Fine Productions 20 titles 4 − Survival − Realistic + Base-Building + Strategy $9.99 3,353 18% Mon, Oct 27, 2014 $1.9m
$1.9m – $2.6m
Kinetic Void Kinetic Void Badland Studio first game 4 − Survival − Realistic + Action + Sandbox $9.99 1,383 17% Fri, Nov 21, 2014 $962k
$962k – $1.1m
Maia Maia Simon Roth first game 4 − Space − Realistic + Colony Sim + Strategy $24.99 827 40% Fri, Nov 23, 2018 $1.2m
$1.2m – $1.6m
Starship Corporation Starship Corporation Coronado Games first game 4 − Survival − Realistic + Strategy + Management $19.99 476 43% Thu, May 03, 2018 $384k
$171k – $9m
Evochron Mercenary Evochron Mercenary StarWraith 3D Games LLC 3 titles 4 − Survival − Realistic + Space Sim + Action $14.99 403 75% Mon, Jan 16, 2012 $268k
$119k – $1.5m

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