How much revenue did Placid Plastic Duck Simulator make?

$263k–$707k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Placid Plastic Duck Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Placid Plastic Duck Simulator sell?

481k to 781k copies, based on its 20k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 481k–781k; $263k–$707k after Steam's cut $478k–$1.1M before the cut; from 20k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

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

Does this actually work?

We left Placid Plastic Duck Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Placid Plastic Duck Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 278k–440k

best case 1.6M (My Singing Monsters)

The Creature Collector genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy 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

≈ 278k–440k copies

≈ $1.7M–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies

My Singing Monsters

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Creature Collector (3 of 8) and Co-op (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Creature Collector + Simulation, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Farming Sim + Colony Sim + Free to Play; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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

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