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How many copies did TBTE - The Button Tycoon Experience sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 576–936
$790–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut
from 24 reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left TBTE - The Button Tycoon Experience out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including TBTE - The Button Tycoon Experience's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 37.1M–69.0M
best case 123.4M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)
The Open World genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game
≈ 37.1M–69.0M copies
≈ $170.7M–$410.4M after Steam's cut
from ~968k reviews
Best case
≈ 94.0M–152.8M copies
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Open World (4 of 8) and Survival (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter.
The era
The games you compared span 2006 to 2018, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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