How much revenue did Desktop Kitten Girl make?

$9k–$24k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Desktop Kitten Girl sell?

Q: How many copies did Desktop Kitten Girl sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 333 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before Steam's cut; from 333 reviews (Very 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 Desktop Kitten Girl and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Desktop Kitten Girl's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 311k–1.2M

best case 3.0M (Cookie Clicker)

Games like Desktop Kitten Girl

A typical game among these

≈ 311k–1.2M copies

≈ $507k–$4.4M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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: Cookie Clicker at ≈ 2.3M–3.8M copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

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 795 to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Idler (6 of 8) and Clicker (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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PickCrafter 2017	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Very Positive	MiningIdler
Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 657k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	IdlerClicker
Shop Titans 2020	Est. copies ≈ 446k–725k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerShop Keeper
Cookie Clicker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	93k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ClickerIdler
WEBFISHING 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.4M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$9.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	70k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FishingMultiplayer
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 503k–817k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $275k–$740k after Steam's cut $500k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$1.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CuteRelaxing
Chillquarium 2023	Est. copies ≈ 209k–339k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $344k–$925k after Steam's cut $626k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$5.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorIdler
Digseum 2024	Est. copies ≈ 202k–329k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $166k–$448k after Steam's cut $303k–$689k before Steam's cut	$2.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualClicker