How much revenue did From atom to modern make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did From atom to modern sell?

Q: How many copies did From atom to modern sell?

744 to 1k copies, based on its 30 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 744–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 30 reviews (Mixed)

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 From atom to modern and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including From atom to modern's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–1.4M

best case 3.0M (Cookie Clicker)

Games like From atom to modern

A typical game among these

≈ 8k–1.4M copies

≈ $12k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cookie Clicker at ≈ 2.3M–3.8M copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 190 reviews in their first month; the range was 11 to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Clicker (8 of 8) and Idler (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, and none of them 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).

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Lazy Galaxy 2018	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $9k–$23k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut	$4.99	206 reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerIndie
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends 2021	Est. copies ≈ 698k–1.1M 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	28k reviews Very Positive	ClickerFree to Play
NGU IDLE 2019	Est. copies ≈ 374k–608k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayIdler
Clicker Heroes 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 8.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	62k reviews Very Positive	ClickerIdler
Incremental Cubes 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mixed	IdlerSimulation
Mining Factory 2022	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $579–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	17 reviews Mixed	IdlerResource Management
PC Creator - PC Building Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut	$5.99	214 reviews Mixed	SimulationIdler
Cookie Clicker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	93k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ClickerIdler