How much revenue did ENCYCLE make?

$14–$36 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ENCYCLE sell?

Q: How many copies did ENCYCLE sell?

25 to 40 copies, based on its 1 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25–40; $14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before Steam's cut; from 1 review (1 user reviews); Only 1 review so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 ENCYCLE and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ENCYCLE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 345k–388k

best case 458k (Nodebuster)

Games like ENCYCLE

A typical game among these

≈ 345k–388k copies

≈ $598k–$771k after Steam's cut

from ~11k 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: Nodebuster at ≈ 349k–567k copies, ≈ $287k–$771k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 144 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Clicker (6 of 8) and Idler (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 3 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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Idle Slayer 2020	Est. copies ≈ 270k–439k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Very Positive	CasualIdler
Juice Galaxy 2023	Est. copies ≈ 263k–428k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $361k–$971k after Steam's cut $657k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessPsychedelic
Loading Screen Simulator 2017	Est. copies ≈ 296k–481k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	9k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayMemes
Proverbs 2024	Est. copies ≈ 50k–81k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $123k–$332k after Steam's cut $224k–$510k before Steam's cut	$8.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
Nodebuster 2024	Est. copies ≈ 349k–567k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $287k–$771k after Steam's cut $522k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$2.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualClicker
(the) Gnorp Apologue 2023	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $475k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $863k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$6.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ClickerIdler
Relax Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $150–$401 after Steam's cut $272–$617 before Steam's cut	$1.99	11 reviews Positive	ColorfulAbstract
Kring 2024	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $817–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	24 reviews Positive	PsychedelicClicker