How much revenue did The Billion Clicker make?

$446–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Billion Clicker sell?

Q: How many copies did The Billion Clicker sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 66 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $446–$1k after Steam's cut $810–$2k before Steam's cut; from 66 reviews (Mostly 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 The Billion Clicker and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Billion Clicker's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 16k–39k

best case 490k (Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms)

Games like The Billion Clicker

A typical game among these

≈ 16k–39k copies

≈ $16k–$152k after Steam's cut

from ~935 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms at ≈ 374k–607k copies. 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 330 reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Idler (8 of 8) and Clicker (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dungeons & Dragons + Idler. The breakout hits carry Dungeons & Dragons + Fantasy + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2026, and 1 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 38 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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Vacuum Warrior - Idle Game 2023	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	935 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIdler
100 hidden turtles 2022	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$0.99	487 reviews Very Positive	CasualAdventure
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms 2020	Est. copies ≈ 374k–607k 16x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	15k reviews Mostly Positive	Dungeons & DragonsFree to Play
God Awe-full Clicker 2018	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	392 reviews Mixed	Free to PlayIdler
Orb of Creation 2026	Est. copies ≈ 56k–90k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $184k–$494k after Steam's cut $334k–$759k before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MagicCasual
Underworld Idle 2023	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerClicker
Coin Flipper 2022	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$42k before Steam's cut	$2.99	498 reviews Very Positive	IdlerClicker
Long Dream 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $49k–$131k after Steam's cut $89k–$202k before Steam's cut	$6.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePoint & Click