How many copies did Stash sell?

23k to 38k copies, based on its 679 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Stash make?

Stash is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Stash?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 23k–38k; from 679 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 Stash and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stash's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 42k–96k

best case 1.0M (Dwarf Fortress)

Games like Stash

A typical game among these

≈ 42k–96k copies

≈ $275k–$851k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Simulation (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Dwarf Fortress at ≈ 783k–1.3M copies, ≈ $6.5M–$17.4M 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 748 reviews in their first month; the range was 414 to 16k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (4 of 8) and Management (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dwarf + Colony Sim, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Dwarf + Colony Sim + Base-Building; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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 52 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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SunnySide 2024	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $160k–$429k after Steam's cut $290k–$660k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mixed	ExplorationCasual
Dwarf Fortress 2022	Est. copies ≈ 783k–1.3M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.4M after Steam's cut $11.7M–$26.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Hexarchy 2023	Est. copies ≈ 41k–67k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $225k–$606k after Steam's cut $410k–$933k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Turn-BasedCard Game
Master of Magic 2022	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $336k–$904k after Steam's cut $611k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based CombatStrategy
Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord 2021	Est. copies ≈ 98k–160k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $108k–$290k after Steam's cut $196k–$446k before Steam's cut	$3.99	4k reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Balrum 2016	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $139k–$373k after Steam's cut $252k–$573k before Steam's cut	$14.99	808 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGAdventure
Blackthorn Arena 2020	Est. copies ≈ 94k–152k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $643k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Mixed	StrategySimulation
Port Royale 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 53k–87k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $586k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	2k reviews Mixed	StrategySimulation