How much revenue did Idle magic herb make?

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

How many copies did Idle magic herb sell?

Q: How many copies did Idle magic herb sell?

918 to 1k copies, based on its 37 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 918–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 37 reviews (Mostly 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 Idle magic herb and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Idle magic herb's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 740–38k

best case 281k (Tiny Pasture)

Games like Idle magic herb

A typical game among these

≈ 740–38k copies

≈ $412–$492k after Steam's cut

from ~43 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tiny Pasture at ≈ 214k–348k copies, ≈ $353k–$949k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 4k reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Card Game (6 of 8) and Idler (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Farming Sim, priced around $6.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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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