How much revenue did Melvor Idle make?

$1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Melvor Idle sell?

Q: How many copies did Melvor Idle sell?

403k to 656k copies, based on its 16k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 403k–656k; $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut; from 16k reviews (Very Positive)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–324k

best case 608k (Mr.Mine)

Games like Melvor Idle

A typical game among these

≈ 15k–324k copies

≈ $53k–$449k after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mr.Mine at ≈ 463k–752k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 820 reviews in their first month; the range was 45 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Idler (8 of 8) and Clicker (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Clicker.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, 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).

Similar games

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Mr.Mine 2020	Est. copies ≈ 463k–752k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	19k reviews Very Positive	IdlerClicker
Idle Cave Miner 2023	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	IdlerClicker
(the) Gnorp Apologue 2023	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k 2.4x vs typical 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
Digseum 2024	Est. copies ≈ 202k–329k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $166k–$448k after Steam's cut $303k–$689k before Steam's cut	$2.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualClicker
Fidget Spinner RPG 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$26k before Steam's cut	$3.99	233 reviews Very Positive	CasualRPG
PickCrafter 2017	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Very Positive	MiningIdler
A Mining Game 2019	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	234 reviews Mixed	Free to PlayIndie
Moose Miners 2024	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $36k–$97k after Steam's cut $65k–$149k before Steam's cut	$9.99	527 reviews Mixed	SimulationStrategy