How much revenue did Clicker Arena make?

$6k–$17k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Clicker Arena sell?

Q: How many copies did Clicker Arena sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 105 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut; from 105 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 Clicker Arena and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Clicker Arena's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 602–95k

best case 3.0M (Cookie Clicker)

Games like Clicker Arena

A typical game among these

≈ 602–95k copies

≈ $10k–$668k after Steam's cut

from ~216 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: Cookie Clicker at ≈ 2.3M–3.8M copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 35 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 12k.

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 (7 of 8) and Idler (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $5.
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 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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Cookie Clicker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M 433x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	93k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ClickerIdler
Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant 2019	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $35k–$79k before Steam's cut	$9.99	241 reviews Very Positive	RomeLife Sim
Bounty Below 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	190 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionCasual
Wake Cup 2025	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $599–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$3.99	22 reviews Positive	Tower DefenseClicker
(the) Gnorp Apologue 2023	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k 46x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $475k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $863k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$6.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ClickerIdler
Idle Colony 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $24k–$63k after Steam's cut $43k–$98k before Steam's cut	$5.99	578 reviews Very Positive	CasualClicker
Clicky Coven 2024	Est. copies ≈ 198–322 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $272–$731 after Steam's cut $494–$1k before Steam's cut	$4.99	8 reviews 8 user reviews	ClickerIdler
Idle Heroes Clicker 2025	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Early AccessRPG