How much revenue did Garden Galaxy make?

$182k–$488k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Garden Galaxy sell?

Q: How many copies did Garden Galaxy sell?

66k to 107k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 66k–107k; $182k–$488k after Steam's cut $330k–$751k before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Garden Galaxy and predicted how it would do from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Garden Galaxy's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 324k–520k

best case 520k (shapez)

Games like Garden Galaxy

A typical game among these

≈ 324k–520k copies

≈ $512k–$1.3M 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 5 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: shapez at ≈ 396k–644k copies, ≈ $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Clicker (3 of 5) and Automation (2 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Automation + Base-Building, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 1 of the 5 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
shapez 2020	Est. copies ≈ 396k–644k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationBase-Building
Viridi 2015	Est. copies ≈ 471k–766k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayRelaxing
Plantera 2016	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $203k–$545k after Steam's cut $369k–$839k before Steam's cut	$2.99	6k reviews Very Positive	ClickerIdler
Time Clickers 2015	Est. copies ≈ 250k–407k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Very Positive	ClickerFree to Play
Tiny Pasture 2025	Est. copies ≈ 214k–348k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $353k–$949k after Steam's cut $641k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$5.99	9k reviews Very Positive	IdlerFarming Sim