How many copies did The Magician's Research sell?

8k to 12k copies, based on its 265 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did The Magician's Research make?

The Magician's Research is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is The Magician's Research?

Estimated owners: ≈ 8k–12k; from 265 reviews (Mixed)

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

Does this actually work?

We left The Magician's Research out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Magician's Research's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–817k

best case 3.0M (Cookie Clicker)

The Idler genre

3 of your 8 similar games are hits. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

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

A typical game

≈ 12k–817k copies

≈ $2k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~701 reviews

Best case

≈ 2.3M–3.7M copies

Cookie Clicker · ≈ $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Idler (8 of 8) and Clicker (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $5.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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

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