How much revenue did Hollywood Animal make?

$576k–$1.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hollywood Animal sell?

Q: How many copies did Hollywood Animal sell?

105k to 170k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 105k–170k; $576k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before Steam's cut; from 4k reviews (Mostly 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 Hollywood Animal and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hollywood Animal's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 628k–786k

best case 5.5M (Frostpunk)

Games like Hollywood Animal

A typical game among these

≈ 628k–786k copies

≈ $5.9M–$7.2M after Steam's cut

from ~18k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Frostpunk at ≈ 4.2M–6.8M copies, ≈ $34.5M–$92.8M 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 13k reviews in their first month; the range was 8k to 18k.

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, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, and 2 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 43 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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IXION 2022	Est. copies ≈ 443k–719k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	18k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceCity Builder
Foundation 2025	Est. copies ≈ 608k–988k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.7M after Steam's cut $10.6M–$24.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	25k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
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