How many copies did Buy a Croquette! sell?

194k to 315k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Buy a Croquette! make?

Buy a Croquette! is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Buy a Croquette!?

Estimated owners: ≈ 194k–315k; from 8k 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 Buy a Croquette! out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Buy a Croquette!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–2k

best case 50k (The Crooked Man)

The Horror genre

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 1k–2k copies

≈ $2k–$8k after Steam's cut

from ~59 reviews

Best case

≈ 38k–62k copies

The Crooked Man · ≈ $31k–$84k after Steam's cut

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (7 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Investigation, priced around $3. The breakout hits carry Casual; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. 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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