How much revenue did Lord of the click make?

$6k–$17k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lord of the click sell?

Q: How many copies did Lord of the click sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 97 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut; from 97 reviews (Mixed)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Lord of the click and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lord of the click's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–24k

best case 329k (Time Clickers)

Games like Lord of the click

A typical game among these

≈ 15k–24k copies

≈ $18k–$33k after Steam's cut

from ~607 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Time Clickers at ≈ 250k–407k copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 333 reviews in their first month; the range was 139 to 423.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (7 of 8) and Clicker (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Shooter. The breakout hits carry FPS + Action + Free to Play; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, and none of them 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Time Clickers 2015	Est. copies ≈ 250k–407k 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Very Positive	ClickerFree to Play
The Defender: Farm and Castle 2019	Est. copies ≈ 32k–51k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayTower Defense
最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect 2022	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $14k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$60k before Steam's cut	$3.99	529 reviews Mixed	IdlerClicker
Samawa Idle 2023	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $39k–$88k before Steam's cut	$4.99	623 reviews Mixed	ClickerIdler
Grow Defense 2021	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	607 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIdler
Defence to death 2017	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$1.99	279 reviews Mixed	Turn-Based TacticsStrategy
Idle Monster TD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	855 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTower Defense
Defense Clicker 2017	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	172 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualStrategy