How much revenue did Master Boy make?

$34–$91 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Master Boy sell?

Q: How many copies did Master Boy sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $34–$91 after Steam's cut $61–$140 before Steam's cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Only 5 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–1.8M

best case 57.1M (Stardew Valley)

Games like Master Boy

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–1.8M copies

≈ $11.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut

from ~49k 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.

Best case: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.5M–70.7M copies, ≈ $179.4M–$482.4M 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 16k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 22k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Farming Sim (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Relaxing + Life Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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
Farming Simulator 25 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	59k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Farming Sim
Farming Simulator 19 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$30.9M after Steam's cut $20.9M–$47.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	76k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Farming Sim
Coral Island 2023	Est. copies ≈ 690k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.7M–$15.3M after Steam's cut $10.4M–$23.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	28k reviews Very Positive	Farming SimLife Sim
My Singing Monsters 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	50k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorSimulation
Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.5M–70.7M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $179.4M–$482.4M after Steam's cut $326.2M–$742.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
My Time at Portia 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	44k reviews Very Positive	Life SimRPG
Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.3M–$22.3M after Steam's cut $15.1M–$34.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	49k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationMultiplayer
Farming Simulator 17 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.5M–$12.0M after Steam's cut $8.1M–$18.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	26k reviews Very Positive	Farming Sim Simulation