How much revenue did Idle Stellar make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Idle Stellar sell?

Q: How many copies did Idle Stellar sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 45 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 45 reviews (Mixed)

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 Stellar and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Idle Stellar's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–20k

best case 89k (Your Chronicle)

Games like Idle Stellar

A typical game among these

≈ 14k–20k copies

≈ $34k–$46k after Steam's cut

from ~518 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: Your Chronicle at ≈ 68k–110k copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 189 reviews in their first month; the range was 34 to 693.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Auto Battler (8 of 8) and Idler (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Auto Battler, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Adventure + Singleplayer + Minigames; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 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 38 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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