How much revenue did Smushi Come Home make?

$383k–$1.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Smushi Come Home sell?

Q: How many copies did Smushi Come Home sell?

70k to 113k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 70k–113k; $383k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $696k–$1.6M before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Smushi Come Home and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Smushi Come Home's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 341k–786k

best case 3.7M (Planet Zoo)

Games like Smushi Come Home

A typical game among these

≈ 341k–786k copies

≈ $1.7M–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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 Exploration (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: Planet Zoo at ≈ 2.8M–4.6M copies, ≈ $34.9M–$93.8M 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 837 reviews in their first month; the range was 399 to 10k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (3 of 8) and Building (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Simulation, priced around $45. The breakout hits carry Management + Economy + Realistic; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2021, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Planet Zoo 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.6M 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.9M–$93.8M after Steam's cut $63.4M–$144.3M before Steam's cut	$44.99	98k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
Biped 2020	Est. copies ≈ 287k–466k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Character CustomizationEmotional
A Short Hike 2019	Est. copies ≈ 661k–1.1M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before Steam's cut	$7.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationRelaxing
Townscaper 2021	Est. copies ≈ 537k–872k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $884k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$5.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExperimentalBuilding
Refunct 2015	Est. copies ≈ 852k–1.4M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $701k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$2.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Parkour3D Platformer
Viridi 2015	Est. copies ≈ 471k–766k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayRelaxing
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure 2020	Est. copies ≈ 208k–339k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $974k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$16.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualWholesome
Carto 2020	Est. copies ≈ 233k–379k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieCute