How much revenue did Milo's Tiny Fish Pond make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Milo's Tiny Fish Pond sell?

Q: How many copies did Milo's Tiny Fish Pond sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 52 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut; from 52 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 Milo's Tiny Fish Pond and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Milo's Tiny Fish Pond's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–4k

best case 274k (Chillquarium)

Games like Milo's Tiny Fish Pond

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–4k copies

≈ $2k–$7k after Steam's cut

from ~63 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Chillquarium at ≈ 209k–339k copies, ≈ $344k–$925k 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 40 reviews in their first month; the range was 15 to 795.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Idler (8 of 8) and Underwater (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler, priced around $8. The breakout hits carry Relaxing + Economy + Family Friendly; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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