How much revenue did The Last Alchemist make?

$23k–$62k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Last Alchemist sell?

Q: How many copies did The Last Alchemist sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 168 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $23k–$62k after Steam's cut $42k–$95k before Steam's cut; from 168 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 The Last Alchemist and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Last Alchemist's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 590k–928k

best case 2.2M (Graveyard Keeper)

Games like The Last Alchemist

A typical game among these

≈ 590k–928k copies

≈ $5.4M–$8.0M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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.

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

Best case: Graveyard Keeper at ≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies, ≈ $9.4M–$25.2M 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 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 532 to 14k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Crafting (5 of 8) and Farming Sim (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Life Sim + Character Customization, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Relaxing + Character Customization + Simulation; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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 70 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
Craft The World 2014	Est. copies ≈ 961k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.5M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.8M before Steam's cut	$18.99	17k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Disney Dreamlight Valley 2023	Est. copies ≈ 617k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.8M–$18.3M after Steam's cut $12.3M–$28.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	25k reviews Very Positive	RelaxingLife Sim
Graveyard Keeper 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.4M–$25.2M after Steam's cut $17.1M–$38.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	56k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsCrafting
Shop Titans 2020	Est. copies ≈ 446k–725k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerShop Keeper
Travellers Rest 2020	Est. copies ≈ 452k–735k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before Steam's cut	$17.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Life SimPixel Graphics
Coffee Talk 2020	Est. copies ≈ 314k–510k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	13k reviews Very Positive	ConversationPixel Graphics
Sun Haven 2023	Est. copies ≈ 636k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.8M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	26k reviews Very Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
Luma Island 2024	Est. copies ≈ 316k–514k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	AdventureFarming Sim