How much revenue did Nomad Idle make?

$60k–$162k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nomad Idle sell?

Q: How many copies did Nomad Idle sell?

22k to 36k copies, based on its 886 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–36k; $60k–$162k after Steam's cut $110k–$250k before Steam's cut; from 886 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 Nomad Idle and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nomad Idle's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–19k

best case 228k (Firestone – Idle Clicker Online RPG)

Games like Nomad Idle

A typical game among these

≈ 11k–19k copies

≈ $18k–$29k after Steam's cut

from ~387 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: Firestone – Idle Clicker Online RPG at ≈ 174k–282k copies. 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 248 reviews in their first month; the range was 9 to 5k.

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 Idler + Clicker. The breakout hits carry Simulation + Co-op + Action; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 1 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 38 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
God Awe-full Clicker 2018	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	392 reviews Mixed	Free to PlayIdler
Crimson Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before Steam's cut	$3.99	382 reviews Mixed	RPGAction
Samawa Idle 2023	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $39k–$88k before Steam's cut	$4.99	623 reviews Mixed	ClickerIdler
Incremental Epic Hero 2021	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	327 reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerAuto Battler
Firestone – Idle Clicker Online RPG 2024	Est. copies ≈ 174k–282k 18x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerClicker
DPS IDLE 2021	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	803 reviews Mixed	IdlerClicker
My life as an archeologist 2022	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before Steam's cut	$3.99	333 reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashClicker
Idle Armada 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$3.99	64 reviews Very Positive	StrategyCasual