How much revenue did Call of the Wild: The Angler™ make?

$1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Call of the Wild: The Angler™ sell?

Q: How many copies did Call of the Wild: The Angler™ sell?

189k to 307k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 189k–307k; $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.5M before Steam's cut; from 8k 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 Call of the Wild: The Angler™ and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Call of the Wild: The Angler™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 83k–539k

best case 3.0M (Russian Fishing 4)

Games like Call of the Wild: The Angler™

A typical game among these

≈ 83k–539k copies

≈ $114k–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Russian Fishing 4 at ≈ 2.3M–3.7M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 989 reviews in their first month; the range was 795 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fishing (8 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fishing + Simulation.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, 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 61 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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Cornerpond 2025	Est. copies ≈ 68k–111k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $56k–$151k after Steam's cut $102k–$232k before Steam's cut	$2.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationIdler
Fishing Adventure 2019	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $68k–$182k after Steam's cut $123k–$281k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	FishingSimulation
Ultimate Fishing Simulator® 2018	Est. copies ≈ 279k–453k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	3DAmerica
Chillquarium 2023	Est. copies ≈ 209k–339k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $344k–$925k after Steam's cut $626k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$5.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorIdler
Russian Fishing 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	91k reviews Mixed	FishingMultiplayer
Fishing Sim World®: Pro Tour 2018	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $200k–$536k after Steam's cut $363k–$825k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFishing
Cat Goes Fishing 2015	Est. copies ≈ 808k–1.3M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$6.99	17k reviews Very Positive	FishingCats
Скуф на рыбалке 2025	Est. copies ≈ 76k–124k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$86k before Steam's cut	$0.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAdventure