How much revenue did Homebrew - Patent Unknown make?

$225k–$605k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Homebrew - Patent Unknown sell?

Q: How many copies did Homebrew - Patent Unknown sell?

55k to 89k copies, based on its 974 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 55k–89k; $225k–$605k after Steam's cut $409k–$930k before Steam's cut; from 974 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 Homebrew - Patent Unknown and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Homebrew - Patent Unknown's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 424k–744k

best case 7.3M (鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal)

Games like Homebrew - Patent Unknown

A typical game among these

≈ 424k–744k copies

≈ $2.4M–$6.1M after Steam's cut

from ~15k 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.

Best case: 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $30.6M–$82.4M 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 11k reviews in their first month; the range was 6k to 208k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sandbox (5 of 8) and Exploration (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Simulation, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Management + Mythology + Tactical RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, 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 70 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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