How much revenue did Do Not Feed the Monkeys make?

$1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Do Not Feed the Monkeys sell?

Q: How many copies did Do Not Feed the Monkeys sell?

386k to 628k copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 386k–628k; $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before the cut; from 13k reviews (Very Positive)

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 Do Not Feed the Monkeys out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Do Not Feed the Monkeys's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.3M–10.5M

best case 78.0M (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

Games like Do Not Feed the Monkeys

The middle of these games

≈ 6.3M–10.5M copies

≈ $67.9M–$111.5M after Steam's cut

from ~225k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Euro Truck Simulator 2 at ≈ 59.4M–96.6M copies, ≈ $326.7M–$878.4M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 98k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 22k to 208k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (7 of 8) and Management (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Driving + Transportation, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Driving + Transportation + Automobile Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2025, and 1 of your 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Euro Truck Simulator 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 59.4M–96.6M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $326.7M–$878.4M after Steam's cut $594.0M–$1351.4M before the cut	$19.99	940k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DrivingTransportation
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.3M–23.2M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.6M–$316.2M after Steam's cut $213.8M–$486.4M before the cut	$29.99	292k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
American Truck Simulator 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.1M–13.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $44.8M–$120.4M after Steam's cut $81.4M–$185.2M before the cut	$19.99	196k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Automobile SimDriving
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.0M–$193.5M after Steam's cut $130.8M–$297.7M before the cut	$34.99	246k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Crusader Kings III 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $48.9M–$131.6M after Steam's cut $89.0M–$202.5M before the cut	$49.99	144k reviews Very Positive	StrategyMedieval
Schedule I 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7.8M–12.7M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $43.0M–$115.7M after Steam's cut $78.3M–$178.0M before the cut	$19.99	316k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Simulation Co-op
鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.6M–$82.4M after Steam's cut $55.7M–$126.7M before the cut	$19.99	225k reviews Mixed	ManagementSingleplayer
DAVE THE DIVER 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.4M after Steam's cut $40.2M–$91.5M before the cut	$19.99	162k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsCasual