How much revenue did Farmtale make?

$9k–$24k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Farmtale sell?

Q: How many copies did Farmtale sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 259 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut; from 259 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 Farmtale and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Farmtale's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–49k

best case 324k (Plantera)

Games like Farmtale

A typical game among these

≈ 15k–49k copies

≈ $17k–$129k after Steam's cut

from ~768 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Plantera at ≈ 247k–401k copies, ≈ $203k–$545k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 221 reviews in their first month; the range was 27 to 485.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Farming Sim (8 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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 52 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
Tuin 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$4.99	152 reviews Mostly Positive	Farming Sim Simulation
refarm 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$34k before Steam's cut	$3.99	302 reviews Very Positive	ManagementIdler
Plantera 2: Golden Acorn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $47k–$126k after Steam's cut $86k–$195k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Farming SimIdler
Capybara Spa 2022	Est. copies ≈ 42k–69k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $93k–$249k after Steam's cut $169k–$384k before Steam's cut	$7.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationCasual
Plantera 2016	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k 7.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $203k–$545k after Steam's cut $369k–$839k before Steam's cut	$2.99	6k reviews Very Positive	ClickerIdler
Voodoo Garden 2016	Est. copies ≈ 36k–58k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $53k–$122k before Steam's cut	$2.99	859 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualFarming Sim
The Islander 2018	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $19k–$44k before Steam's cut	$2.99	428 reviews Mostly Positive	Farming SimCasual
My Little Farmies 2018	Est. copies ≈ 21k–33k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	676 reviews Mixed	Free to PlayCity Builder