How much revenue did Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox make?

$10k–$26k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox sell?

Q: How many copies did Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 149 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before the cut; from 149 reviews (Mixed)

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 Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 91k–195k

best case 896k (Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends)

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

≈ 91k–195k copies

≈ $238k–$922k after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

Best case

≈ 682k–1.1M copies

Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Idler (5 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Simulation.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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

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