How much revenue did The Fisherman - Fishing Planet make?

$345k–$928k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Fisherman - Fishing Planet sell?

Q: How many copies did The Fisherman - Fishing Planet sell?

42k to 68k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 42k–68k; $345k–$928k after Steam's cut $627k–$1.4M before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 The Fisherman - Fishing Planet and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Fisherman - Fishing Planet's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 38k–162k

best case 3.0M (Russian Fishing 4)

Games like The Fisherman - Fishing Planet

A typical game among these

≈ 38k–162k copies

≈ $186k–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Russian Fishing 4 at ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 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 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 61 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fishing (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fishing + Simulation. The breakout hits carry Free to Play + Nature + First-Person; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, and 2 of the 8 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Russian Fishing 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 53x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	91k reviews Mixed	FishingMultiplayer
Ultimate Fishing Simulator® 2018	Est. copies ≈ 279k–453k 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	3DAmerica
Call of the Wild: The Angler™ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 189k–307k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	8k reviews Mixed	FishingSimulation
LurkBait Twitch Fishing 2024	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$124k before Steam's cut	$7.00	627 reviews Very Positive	SimulationCreature Collector
Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2 2025	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $315k–$847k after Steam's cut $573k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	FishingSimulation
Fishing Adventure 2019	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $68k–$182k after Steam's cut $123k–$281k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	FishingSimulation
Fishing Sim World®: Pro Tour 2018	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $200k–$536k after Steam's cut $363k–$825k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFishing
The Fishing Club 3D: Co-op Sport Angling 2017	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	650 reviews Mostly Positive	FishingSports