How much revenue did Idle Trillionaire make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Idle Trillionaire sell?

Q: How many copies did Idle Trillionaire sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 42 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 42 reviews (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 Idle Trillionaire and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Idle Trillionaire's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 47k–60k

best case 1.9M (WorldBox - God Simulator)

Games like Idle Trillionaire

A typical game among these

≈ 47k–60k copies

≈ $78k–$124k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: WorldBox - God Simulator at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $7.8M–$20.9M 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 470 reviews in their first month; the range was 225 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Idler (6 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Simulation, priced around $4. The breakout hits carry Utilities; 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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