How much revenue did Automon make?

$9k–$25k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Automon sell?

Q: How many copies did Automon sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 173 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before Steam's cut; from 173 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 Automon and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Automon's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 253k–379k

best case 3.4M (Dota Underlords)

Games like Automon

A typical game among these

≈ 253k–379k copies

≈ $1.2M–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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 Auto Battler (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: Dota Underlords at ≈ 2.6M–4.3M copies. 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 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Auto Battler (3 of 8) and Clicker (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Tactics. The breakout hits carry Turn-Based Tactics + Multiplayer + Free to Play; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, 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 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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Dota Underlords 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	91k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayStrategy
Dragon Cliff 2018	Est. copies ≈ 249k–405k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $685k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Very Positive	RPGStrategy
Bad North: Jotunn Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 436k–709k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	WargameVikings
Luck be a Landlord 2023	Est. copies ≈ 287k–467k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike Deckbuilder Deckbuilding
Art of War: Red Tides 2016	Est. copies ≈ 289k–470k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayStrategy
Minion Masters 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	65k reviews Very Positive	PvETrading Card Game
Firestone – Idle Clicker Online RPG 2024	Est. copies ≈ 174k–282k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerClicker
Meme Mayhem 2024	Est. copies ≈ 125k–203k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $584k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$16.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderCard Game