How much revenue did Rusty's Retirement make?

$678k–$1.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rusty's Retirement sell?

Q: How many copies did Rusty's Retirement sell?

353k to 573k copies, based on its 15k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 353k–573k; $678k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before the cut; from 15k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Rusty's Retirement out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rusty's Retirement's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–143k

best case 279k (The Farmer Was Replaced)

The Idler genre

5 of your 8 similar games are hits. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 24k–143k copies

≈ $43k–$409k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Best case

≈ 213k–346k copies

The Farmer Was Replaced · ≈ $584k–$1.6M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

The launch: The games that made it here had roughly 27 to 486 reviews in their first month.
Your set: Your set clusters on Idler (7 of 8) and Farming Sim (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Programming + Automation, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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