How much revenue did Last Call BBS make?

$218k–$585k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Last Call BBS sell?

Q: How many copies did Last Call BBS sell?

40k to 64k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 40k–64k; $218k–$585k after Steam's cut $396k–$900k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Last Call BBS and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Last Call BBS's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–6k

best case 44k (Underworld Idle)

Games like Last Call BBS

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–6k copies

≈ $9k–$28k after Steam's cut

from ~154 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: Underworld Idle at ≈ 34k–55k copies. 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 41 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 662.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (7 of 8) and Automation (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Clicker, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Clicker + Free to Play + RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, and none of them 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 70 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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CHR$(143) 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$7.99	82 reviews Very Positive	AutomationBuilding
WORLD OF ART JIGSAW PUZZLES 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $22k–$49k before Steam's cut	$10.99	158 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
Underworld Idle 2023	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k 8.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerClicker
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Great Permutator 2014	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$67k before Steam's cut	$6.99	150 reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Automation
Comet 64 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$80k before Steam's cut	$14.99	189 reviews Mostly Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
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