How much revenue did DevLife make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DevLife sell?

Q: How many copies did DevLife sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 67 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut; from 67 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 DevLife and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DevLife's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 110k–486k

best case 534k (Godot Engine)

Games like DevLife

A typical game among these

≈ 110k–486k copies

≈ $479k–$4.5M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Godot Engine at ≈ 407k–661k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 152 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Game Development (6 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Game Development + Utilities.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2026, 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 79 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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Software Inc. 2015	Est. copies ≈ 385k–625k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$22.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessManagement
Mad Games Tycoon 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 195k–316k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ManagementEconomy
Game Dev Story 2022	Est. copies ≈ 37k–61k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $93k–$249k after Steam's cut $168k–$383k before Steam's cut	$8.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ManagementBuilding
Godot Engine 2016	Est. copies ≈ 407k–661k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Game DevelopmentUtilities
The Legend of Pomodoro 2026	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$6.99	97 reviews Very Positive	CasualIdler
City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $260k–$699k after Steam's cut $473k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
RPG Maker VX Ace 2012	Est. copies ≈ 328k–533k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $6.3M–$17.0M after Steam's cut $11.5M–$26.1M before Steam's cut	$69.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentRPG
Modern Game Tycoon 2021	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $901–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$10.99	12 reviews Mostly Negative	SimulationGame Development