How many copies did Duck Simulator 2 sell?

71k to 115k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Duck Simulator 2 make?

Duck Simulator 2 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Duck Simulator 2?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 71k–115k; 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 Duck Simulator 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Duck Simulator 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–29k

best case 51k (FACEMINER)

Games like Duck Simulator 2

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–29k copies

≈ $778–$37k after Steam's cut

from ~115 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: FACEMINER at ≈ 39k–63k copies, ≈ $85k–$229k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 29 reviews in their first month; the range was 23 to 399.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Clicker (7 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Simulation, priced around $8.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 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
FACEMINER 2025	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $85k–$229k after Steam's cut $155k–$352k before Steam's cut	$7.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ClickerSimulation
Synth Retro Vapor Wave 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $439–$1k after Steam's cut $798–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	65 reviews Mostly Positive	AtmosphericSurreal
Plankton 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$0.99	127 reviews Mixed	CasualIndie
Bird 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before Steam's cut	$0.99	1k reviews Very Positive	NatureFlight
Forget Me Not: My Organic Garden 2015	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $59k–$159k after Steam's cut $108k–$245k before Steam's cut	$9.99	442 reviews Very Positive	IndieSimulation
Progress Bar Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $800–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$0.99	102 reviews Very Positive	Immersive SimSatire
Alzheimer's: Memories 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $317–$853 after Steam's cut $577–$1k before Steam's cut	$0.99	47 reviews Positive	SimulationCasual
I KNOW YOUR ADDRESS 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $371–$998 after Steam's cut $675–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	55 reviews Very Positive	MinigamesComedy