How much revenue did Crypto Mining Simulator make?

$52k–$140k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Crypto Mining Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Crypto Mining Simulator sell?

38k to 62k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 38k–62k; $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$216k before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Mixed)

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 Crypto Mining Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Crypto Mining Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 173k–958k

best case 3.0M (Cookie Clicker)

Games like Crypto Mining Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 173k–958k copies

≈ $456k–$4.2M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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 Life Sim (4 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: Cookie Clicker at ≈ 2.3M–3.8M copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

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 442 to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Life Sim (4 of 8) and Utilities (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $5.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Cookie Clicker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	93k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ClickerIdler
Farm Together 2 2025	Est. copies ≈ 136k–221k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $971k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$25.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Farming SimAgriculture
Vanity Fair: The Pursuit 2024	Est. copies ≈ 114k–185k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $219k–$589k after Steam's cut $398k–$906k before Steam's cut	$6.99	5k reviews Very Positive	FMVRPG
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Chill Pulse 2024	Est. copies ≈ 120k–195k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $165k–$443k after Steam's cut $299k–$681k before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualUtilities
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 503k–817k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $275k–$740k after Steam's cut $500k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$1.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CuteRelaxing
WorldBox - God Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$20.9M after Steam's cut $14.1M–$32.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	57k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGod Game