How much revenue did Cookie Clicker make?

$3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cookie Clicker sell?

Q: How many copies did Cookie Clicker sell?

2.3M to 3.7M copies, based on its 92k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.3M–3.7M; $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.0M before the cut; from 92k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Cookie Clicker out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cookie Clicker's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 300k–621k

best case 3.8M (Clicker Heroes)

The Clicker genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 300k–621k copies

≈ $507k–$839k after Steam's cut

from ~12k reviews

Best case

≈ 2.9M–4.7M copies

Clicker Heroes

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (8 of 8) and Idler (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $6.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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