How much revenue did Potion Tycoon make?

$100k–$268k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Potion Tycoon sell?

Q: How many copies did Potion Tycoon sell?

18k to 30k copies, based on its 732 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–30k; $100k–$268k after Steam's cut $181k–$413k before Steam's cut; from 732 reviews (Mostly 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 Potion Tycoon and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Potion Tycoon's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–3.9M

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like Potion Tycoon

A typical game among these

≈ 3.1M–3.9M copies

≈ $57.1M–$64.4M after Steam's cut

from ~88k 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: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.2M–$315.2M 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 34k reviews in their first month; the range was 14k to 69k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Management (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Moddable + City Builder + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Cities: Skylines II 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $31.5M–$84.7M after Steam's cut $57.3M–$130.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	92k reviews Mixed	City Builder Simulation
Supermarket Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$30.9M after Steam's cut $20.9M–$47.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	84k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Planet Zoo 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.9M–$93.8M after Steam's cut $63.4M–$144.3M before Steam's cut	$44.99	98k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
Prison Architect 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $31.0M–$83.3M after Steam's cut $56.3M–$128.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	77k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
Jurassic World Evolution 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M too small to compare SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.8M–$55.9M after Steam's cut $37.8M–$86.1M before Steam's cut	$44.99	55k reviews Very Positive	BuildingDinosaurs
Supermarket Together 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	100k reviews Very Positive	SimulationOnline Co-Op
Planet Coaster 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $37.2M–$100.0M after Steam's cut $67.6M–$153.8M before Steam's cut	$44.99	72k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	291k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation