How much revenue did Pets at Work make?

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

How many copies did Pets at Work sell?

Q: How many copies did Pets at Work sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 150 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 $6k–$13k before Steam's cut; from 150 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 Pets at Work and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pets at Work's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 53k–109k

best case 164k (Calico)

Games like Pets at Work

A typical game among these

≈ 53k–109k copies

≈ $490k–$975k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Puzzle-Platformer (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: Calico at ≈ 125k–203k copies, ≈ $411k–$1.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 527 reviews in their first month; the range was 8 to 735.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle-Platformer (4 of 8) and Cats (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cats + LGBTQ+, priced around $12.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2023, 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 52 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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PHOGS! 2020	Est. copies ≈ 37k–59k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $251k–$675k after Steam's cut $456k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Co-opAdventure
Mimpi Dreams 2016	Est. copies ≈ 56k–91k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Animal Shelter 2022	Est. copies ≈ 103k–168k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $568k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	DogLife Sim
Platboarder 2023	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $245–$658 after Steam's cut $446–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.99	12 reviews Positive	CasualSingleplayer
Calico 2020	Est. copies ≈ 125k–203k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $411k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $748k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$11.99	5k reviews Very Positive	CuteCasual
100 hidden cats 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before Steam's cut	$0.99	991 reviews Very Positive	CatsHidden Object
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 44k–72k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $611k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Action2D Fighter
Timelie 2020	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $310k–$835k after Steam's cut $564k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$17.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle