How much revenue did maboroshi caravan make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did maboroshi caravan sell?

Q: How many copies did maboroshi caravan sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 104 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut; from 104 reviews (Very 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 maboroshi caravan and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including maboroshi caravan's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 107k–309k

best case 586k (Shop Titans)

Games like maboroshi caravan

A typical game among these

≈ 107k–309k copies

≈ $130k–$502k after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Shop Titans at ≈ 446k–725k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 332 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Idler (7 of 8) and Clicker (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Shop Keeper.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 2 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 52 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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Shop Titans 2020	Est. copies ≈ 446k–725k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerShop Keeper
PickCrafter 2017	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Very Positive	MiningIdler
xiuzhen idle 2025	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $98k–$263k after Steam's cut $178k–$404k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerIndie
Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator 2023	Est. copies ≈ 232k–377k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $446k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $811k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$6.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IdlerSimulation
Soda Dungeon 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 141k–229k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayIdler
Endless World Idle RPG 2019	Est. copies ≈ 122k–198k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mostly Positive	PvPHack and Slash
Idling to Rule the Gods 2016	Est. copies ≈ 89k–144k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayIndie
Factory Town Idle 2024	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$178k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	CasualIdler