How much revenue did The Fool's Apprentice make?

$6k–$17k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Fool's Apprentice sell?

Q: How many copies did The Fool's Apprentice sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 54 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$26k before Steam's cut; from 54 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 The Fool's Apprentice and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Fool's Apprentice's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 74k–300k

best case 1.9M (WorldBox - God Simulator)

Games like The Fool's Apprentice

A typical game among these

≈ 74k–300k copies

≈ $710k–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: 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 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 783 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share God Game (7 of 8) and Colony Sim (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + God Game, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Destruction + Life Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 79 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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Reus 2013	Est. copies ≈ 379k–616k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	God GameStrategy
The Universim 2024	Est. copies ≈ 265k–430k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	City BuilderGod Game
Reus 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $396k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $719k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	God GameColony Sim
WorldBox - God Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$20.9M after Steam's cut $14.1M–$32.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	57k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGod Game
Ruinarch 2023	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $242k–$651k after Steam's cut $440k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Mixed	God GameVillain Protagonist
Sapiens 2022	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $375k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $681k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessColony Sim
Spellcaster University 2021	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $742k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	MagicSimulation
The Tenants 2022	Est. copies ≈ 193k–314k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Mostly Positive	ManagementDesign & Illustration