How much revenue did Merge Hero make?

$229–$617 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Merge Hero sell?

Q: How many copies did Merge Hero sell?

843 to 1k copies, based on its 34 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 843–1k; $229–$617 after Steam's cut $417–$949 before Steam's cut; from 34 reviews (Negative)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 578–1k

best case 29k (Nomad Idle)

Games like Merge Hero

A typical game among these

≈ 578–1k copies

≈ $447–$4k after Steam's cut

from ~25 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Nomad Idle at ≈ 22k–36k copies, ≈ $60k–$162k 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 10 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 631.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Idler (8 of 8) and Clicker (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Clicker, priced around $8. The breakout hits carry Casual + Class-Based + Crafting; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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One Life Clicker 2023	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $231–$620 after Steam's cut $420–$954 before Steam's cut	$1.99	17 reviews Mixed	ClickerIdler
Nomad Idle 2025	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k 36x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $60k–$162k after Steam's cut $110k–$250k before Steam's cut	$9.99	886 reviews Mixed	IdlerClicker
Idle Battle RPG 2024	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $545–$1k after Steam's cut $990–$2k before Steam's cut	$3.99	20 reviews Mixed	RPGIdler
The Candle 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$4.99	83 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTime Management
Minutescape 2025	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 23x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $23k–$62k after Steam's cut $42k–$95k before Steam's cut	$5.99	565 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyClicker
Idle Vikings Clicker 2022	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $196–$527 after Steam's cut $356–$810 before Steam's cut	$0.99	29 reviews Mixed	IdlerClicker
Idle Hero 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $277–$744 after Steam's cut $503–$1k before Steam's cut	$0.99	41 reviews Mixed	RPGIdler
Stonerill 2024	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before Steam's cut	$199.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	SimulationHidden Object