How much revenue did Factory Town Idle make?

$41k–$110k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Factory Town Idle sell?

Q: How many copies did Factory Town Idle sell?

30k to 48k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 30k–48k; $41k–$110k after Steam's cut $74k–$169k before the cut; from 1k reviews (Very 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 Factory Town Idle out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Factory Town Idle's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 299k–459k

best case 520k (Melvor Idle)

The Idler genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

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

A typical game

≈ 299k–459k copies

≈ $400k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

Best case

≈ 396k–644k copies

Melvor Idle · ≈ $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Idler (5 of 8) and Management (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Mining, priced around $10.
The era: Only 3 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. 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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