How much revenue did Fantasy of Caocao 2 make?

$24k–$65k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Fantasy of Caocao 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Fantasy of Caocao 2 sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 392 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$99k before Steam's cut; from 392 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 Fantasy of Caocao 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fantasy of Caocao 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 241k–774k

best case 6.5M (Balatro)

Games like Fantasy of Caocao 2

A typical game among these

≈ 241k–774k copies

≈ $2.1M–$10.1M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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.

Best case: Balatro at ≈ 5.0M–8.1M copies, ≈ $20.5M–$55.0M 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 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Card Game (8 of 8) and Card Battler (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Game + Roguelike Deckbuilder, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Roguelike Deckbuilder + Pixel Graphics; 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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