How much revenue did Creature Keeper make?

$13k–$35k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Creature Keeper sell?

Q: How many copies did Creature Keeper sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 129 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$55k before Steam's cut; from 129 reviews (Mixed)

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 Creature Keeper and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Creature Keeper's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k

best case 67k (Towers of Aghasba)

Games like Creature Keeper

A typical game among these

≈ 4k copies

≈ $11k–$24k after Steam's cut

from ~110 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Towers of Aghasba at ≈ 51k–83k copies, ≈ $420k–$1.1M 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 162 reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Creature Collector (7 of 8) and Action RPG (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Exploration + Hack and Slash, priced around $16.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 3 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 43 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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Dungeon Scavenger 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut	$7.99	112 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTactical RPG
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Towers of Aghasba 2024	Est. copies ≈ 51k–83k 19x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $420k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $764k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mixed	Early AccessCreature Collector
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Athenian Rhapsody 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $38k–$102k after Steam's cut $69k–$157k before Steam's cut	$14.99	371 reviews Very Positive	Action RPGChoose Your Own Adventure