How much revenue did Fish Game make?

$111k–$297k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Fish Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Fish Game sell?

16k to 26k copies, based on its 649 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 16k–26k; $111k–$297k after Steam's cut $201k–$458k before Steam's cut; from 649 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 Fish Game and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fish Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–25k

best case 38k (Aquarist)

Games like Fish Game

A typical game among these

≈ 14k–25k copies

≈ $55k–$124k after Steam's cut

from ~533 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Aquarist at ≈ 29k–47k copies, ≈ $126k–$340k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 294 reviews in their first month; the range was 20 to 689.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and Sandbox (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Simulation, priced around $16.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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
Aquarist 2024	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $126k–$340k after Steam's cut $230k–$523k before Steam's cut	$15.99	1k reviews Very Positive	IndieSandbox
Oriental Valley 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $46k–$122k after Steam's cut $83k–$188k before Steam's cut	$17.99	371 reviews Very Positive	Life SimAdventure
Serin Fate 2021	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $78k–$211k after Steam's cut $143k–$324k before Steam's cut	$19.99	575 reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldCreature Collector
Claw Machine Sim 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $22k–$49k before Steam's cut	$6.99	250 reviews Very Positive	CasualSimulation
The WILDS 2022	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $38k–$88k before Steam's cut	$4.99	622 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessNature
Domestic Dog 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before Steam's cut	$4.99	491 reviews Very Positive	DogSimulation
FISHERY 2019	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $63k–$171k after Steam's cut $115k–$263k before Steam's cut	$19.99	401 reviews Very Positive	CuteSandbox
Garden of the Sea (VR) 2022	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $47k–$126k after Steam's cut $85k–$193k before Steam's cut	$9.99	686 reviews Very Positive	CasualSimulation