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How many copies did Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 61k–98k
$333k–$896k after Steam's cut $606k–$1.4M before the cut
from 2k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.8M–2.4M
best case 5.4M (Oxygen Not Included)

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game
≈ 1.8M–2.4M copies
≈ $21.9M–$22.6M after Steam's cut
from ~47k reviews
Best case
≈ 4.1M–6.7M copies
Oxygen Not Included · ≈ $28.2M–$75.9M after Steam's cut
A breakout hit, far above a typical game.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Survival (6 of 8) and Colony Sim (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Survival, priced around $27. The breakout hits carry Survival + Resource Management + Building; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2014 to 2023, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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