How much revenue did Buddy and Lucky Solitaire make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Buddy and Lucky Solitaire sell?

Q: How many copies did Buddy and Lucky Solitaire sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 146 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut; from 146 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 Buddy and Lucky Solitaire and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Buddy and Lucky Solitaire's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–10k

best case 12k (Mahjong World Contest (麻将))

Games like Buddy and Lucky Solitaire

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–10k copies

≈ $5k–$24k after Steam's cut

from ~93 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mahjong World Contest (麻将) at ≈ 9k–15k copies, ≈ $38k–$101k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Card Game (7 of 8) and Solitaire (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mahjong + Sports, priced around $15.
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).

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Zombie Solitaire 2014	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $24k–$64k after Steam's cut $44k–$99k before Steam's cut	$8.99	173 reviews Mostly Positive	SolitaireCasual
Solitaire Quest: Love Blossoms 2024	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $872–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$7.99	16 reviews Positive	CasualPuzzle
Mystery Solitaire The Black Raven 2019	Est. copies ≈ 720–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$14.99	25 reviews Positive	CasualCard Game
Snow White Solitaire. Charmed Kingdom 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$6.99	57 reviews Very Positive	SolitaireCard Game
The chronicles of Emerland. Solitaire. 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8k–12k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before Steam's cut	$3.99	156 reviews Mostly Positive	SolitaireCasual
Fantasy Quest Solitaire 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $17k–$40k before Steam's cut	$8.99	128 reviews Very Positive	SolitaireCasual
Mahjong World Contest (麻将) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $38k–$101k after Steam's cut $68k–$155k before Steam's cut	$14.99	219 reviews Very Positive	CasualIndie