How much revenue did Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure make?

$58k–$157k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure sell?

Q: How many copies did Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 476 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $58k–$157k after Steam's cut $106k–$242k before Steam's cut; from 476 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 Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 227k–468k

best case 980k (Moonlighter)

Games like Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure

A typical game among these

≈ 227k–468k copies

≈ $1.2M–$3.6M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Sandbox (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Moonlighter at ≈ 747k–1.2M copies, ≈ $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sandbox (3 of 8) and Simulation (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hack and Slash + Dungeon Crawler, priced around $20.
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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Moonlighter 2018	Est. copies ≈ 747k–1.2M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashPixel Graphics
Little Witch in the Woods 2025	Est. copies ≈ 327k–532k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessCute
Endless Sky 2015	Est. copies ≈ 347k–564k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Very Positive	SpaceFree to Play
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Reassembly 2015	Est. copies ≈ 200k–325k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $825k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	BuildingSpace
Necrosmith 2022	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $109k–$294k after Steam's cut $199k–$453k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesAction Roguelike
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 186k–303k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Keplerth 2022	Est. copies ≈ 103k–168k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $426k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $774k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AdventureExploration