How much revenue did Idle Catfarmia make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Idle Catfarmia sell?

Q: How many copies did Idle Catfarmia sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 78 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before Steam's cut; from 78 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 Idle Catfarmia and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Idle Catfarmia's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–14k

best case 51k (FACEMINER)

Games like Idle Catfarmia

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–14k copies

≈ $1k–$16k after Steam's cut

from ~84 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: FACEMINER at ≈ 39k–63k copies, ≈ $85k–$229k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 26 reviews in their first month; the range was 17 to 399.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Clicker (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Simulation, priced around $8.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2025, and 3 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 36 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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Hero Park 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$12.99	48 reviews Mixed	Simulation City Builder
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The Billion Clicker 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $446–$1k after Steam's cut $810–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	66 reviews Mostly Positive	ClickerIdler
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