How much revenue did Lucky gem make?

$74–$200 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lucky gem sell?

Q: How many copies did Lucky gem sell?

273 to 443 copies, based on its 11 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 273–443; $74–$200 after Steam's cut $135–$307 before Steam's cut; from 11 reviews (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 Lucky gem and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lucky gem's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 162k–1.1M

best case 3.0M (Manor Lords)

Games like Lucky gem

A typical game among these

≈ 162k–1.1M copies

≈ $882k–$16.2M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Manor Lords at ≈ 2.3M–3.7M copies, ≈ $25.3M–$68.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 44k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (7 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $40.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Manor Lords 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.1M after Steam's cut $46.1M–$104.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	93k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Island Farmer - Jigsaw Puzzle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$1.99	557 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleTabletop
Littlewood 2020	Est. copies ≈ 169k–275k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $699k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLife Sim
Timberborn 2026	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.0M–$26.9M after Steam's cut $18.2M–$41.4M before Steam's cut	$34.99	42k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	City BuilderVoxel
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 682k–1.1M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.2M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$31.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	27k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Ostriv 2020	Est. copies ≈ 191k–310k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessStrategy
The Lost Village 2024	Est. copies ≈ 78k–127k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $257k–$692k after Steam's cut $468k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$11.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Base-BuildingResource Management
Idle Business Tycoon - Build Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $163–$438 after Steam's cut $297–$674 before Steam's cut	$1.99	12 reviews Mostly Negative	SimulationIdler