How much revenue did Microcosmum: survival of cells make?

$152k–$409k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Microcosmum: survival of cells sell?

Q: How many copies did Microcosmum: survival of cells sell?

69k to 113k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 69k–113k; $152k–$409k after Steam's cut $277k–$629k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Microcosmum: survival of cells and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Microcosmum: survival of cells's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 716–30k

best case 490k (Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms)

Games like Microcosmum: survival of cells

A typical game among these

≈ 716–30k copies

≈ $439–$6k after Steam's cut

from ~49 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: Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms at ≈ 374k–607k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 17 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 5k.

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 (7 of 8) and Puzzle (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dungeons & Dragons + Idler.
When they shipped: Only 2 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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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