How much revenue did Croakoloco make?

$21k–$58k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Croakoloco sell?

Q: How many copies did Croakoloco sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 524 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $21k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$89k before Steam's cut; from 524 reviews (Very 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 Croakoloco and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Croakoloco's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–30k

best case 281k (Tiny Pasture)

Games like Croakoloco

A typical game among these

≈ 15k–30k copies

≈ $29k–$80k after Steam's cut

from ~568 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tiny Pasture at ≈ 214k–348k copies, ≈ $353k–$949k after Steam's cut. 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 359 reviews in their first month; the range was 43 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Idler (8 of 8) and Clicker (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Clicker, priced around $6. The breakout hits carry Economy + Farming Sim + Management; a typical game here doesn't.
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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