How much revenue did Ropuka's Idle Island make?

$109k–$294k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ropuka's Idle Island sell?

Q: How many copies did Ropuka's Idle Island sell?

100k to 162k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 100k–162k; $109k–$294k after Steam's cut $199k–$453k before the cut; from 4k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Ropuka's Idle Island out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ropuka's Idle Island's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 71k–416k

best case 620k (Shop Titans)

The Idler genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 71k–416k copies

≈ $238k–$532k after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

Best case

≈ 472k–768k copies

Shop Titans

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Idler (5 of 8) and Cozy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Shop Keeper, priced around $10.
The era: Only 3 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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