How much revenue did Idle Armada make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Idle Armada sell?

Q: How many copies did Idle Armada sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 64 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut; from 64 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 Idle Armada and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Idle Armada's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 38k–53k

best case 3.0M (Cookie Clicker)

Games like Idle Armada

A typical game among these

≈ 38k–53k copies

≈ $74k–$125k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Cookie Clicker at ≈ 2.3M–3.8M copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 597 reviews in their first month; the range was 240 to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Clicker (8 of 8) and Idler (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Lyca 2025	Est. copies ≈ 33k–54k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $46k–$123k after Steam's cut $83k–$189k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	CasualClicker
Idle Colony 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $24k–$63k after Steam's cut $43k–$98k before Steam's cut	$5.99	578 reviews Very Positive	CasualClicker
(the) Gnorp Apologue 2023	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k 6.9x 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
Cookie Clicker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M 64x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	93k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ClickerIdler
FACEMINER 2025	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $85k–$229k after Steam's cut $155k–$352k before Steam's cut	$7.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ClickerSimulation
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