How much revenue did GeckoShop make?

$26k–$71k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did GeckoShop sell?

Q: How many copies did GeckoShop sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 387 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $26k–$71k after Steam's cut $48k–$109k before Steam's cut; from 387 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 GeckoShop and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including GeckoShop's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 76k–140k

best case 281k (Tiny Pasture)

Games like GeckoShop

A typical game among these

≈ 76k–140k copies

≈ $208k–$910k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tiny Pasture at ≈ 214k–348k copies, ≈ $353k–$949k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 913 reviews in their first month; the range was 348 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Farming Sim, priced around $6.
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 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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Megaquarium 2018	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $793k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualSimulation
Let's Build a Zoo 2021	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $563k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	SimulationPixel Graphics
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