How much revenue did Lofi aquarium make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lofi aquarium sell?

Q: How many copies did Lofi aquarium sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 148 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut; from 148 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 Lofi aquarium and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lofi aquarium's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 30k–84k

best case 201k (Lil Gator Game)

Games like Lofi aquarium

A typical game among these

≈ 30k–84k copies

≈ $13k–$83k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Lil Gator Game at ≈ 153k–249k copies, ≈ $843k–$2.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 249 reviews in their first month; the range was 98 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cozy (8 of 8) and Wholesome (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cozy + Wholesome, priced around $20.
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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