How much revenue did MIMIC make?

$48–$127 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MIMIC sell?

Q: How many copies did MIMIC sell?

25 to 40 copies, based on its 1 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25–40; $48–$127 after Steam's cut $87–$196 before Steam's cut; from 1 review (1 user reviews); Only 1 review so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 MIMIC and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MIMIC's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 773–14k

best case 154k (Duskers)

Games like MIMIC

A typical game among these

≈ 773–14k copies

≈ $40k–$106k after Steam's cut

from ~170 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Duskers at ≈ 117k–191k copies, ≈ $645k–$1.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 18 reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 143.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (5 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Exploration + Typing, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, 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 52 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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Linked 2017	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$91k before Steam's cut	$3.99	580 reviews Very Positive	IndieCasual
Robotics in VR_Close 1 generation 2020	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	23 reviews Positive	EducationAnimation & Modeling
Duskers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 117k–191k 17x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $645k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTyping
西部幻想 WestFantasy 2023	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	24 reviews Positive	RPGAdventure
Falco Totem Destroyer 2024	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut	$49.99	21 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualAdventure
Bug Dolls: Soviet Project 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	59 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureAction
The Monstrous Horror Show 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $32k–$87k after Steam's cut $59k–$134k before Steam's cut	$14.99	316 reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerPuzzle
Stargate: Timekeepers 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $57k–$155k after Steam's cut $105k–$238k before Steam's cut	$29.99	281 reviews Mixed	StrategyReal Time Tactics