How much revenue did Wild Indigo Ranch make?

$64k–$171k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wild Indigo Ranch sell?

Q: How many copies did Wild Indigo Ranch sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 467 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $64k–$171k after Steam's cut $116k–$263k before Steam's cut; from 467 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 Wild Indigo Ranch and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wild Indigo Ranch's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 947k–1.7M

best case 57.1M (Stardew Valley)

Games like Wild Indigo Ranch

A typical game among these

≈ 947k–1.7M copies

≈ $14.6M–$19.4M after Steam's cut

from ~33k 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 12k reviews in their first month; the range was 951 to 20k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Life Sim (7 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Life Sim + Simulation, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Free to Play; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 79 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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The Sims™ 3 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	34k reviews Very Positive	Life SimSimulation
Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.5M–70.7M 31x 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
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
The Sims™ 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 6.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	201k reviews Very Positive	Life SimCharacter Customization
inZOI 2025	Est. copies ≈ 824k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.1M–$24.4M after Steam's cut $16.5M–$37.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Mostly Positive	Life SimCharacter Customization
My Time at Sandrock 2023	Est. copies ≈ 722k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.3M after Steam's cut $14.4M–$32.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Life SimBuilding
Wild West Legacy 2024	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $395k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $718k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$26.99	2k reviews Mostly Negative	WesternSimulation