How much revenue did Just Fishing make?

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

How many copies did Just Fishing sell?

Q: How many copies did Just Fishing sell?

32k to 51k copies, based on its 919 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 32k–51k; from 919 reviews (Mostly 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 Just Fishing and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Just Fishing's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 56k–96k

best case 3.5M (Fishing Planet)

Games like Just Fishing

A typical game among these

≈ 56k–96k copies

≈ $444k–$600k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Fishing Planet at ≈ 2.7M–4.3M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fishing (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fishing + Simulation. The breakout hits carry Massively Multiplayer + Free to Play + Relaxing; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 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
Ultimate Fishing Simulator VR 2019	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	595 reviews Very Positive	FishingSimulation
LurkBait Twitch Fishing 2024	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$124k before Steam's cut	$7.00	627 reviews Very Positive	SimulationCreature Collector
Trophy Fishing 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayFishing
Euro Fishing 2015	Est. copies ≈ 89k–145k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $368k–$990k after Steam's cut $670k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mixed	FishingSimulation
Ice Lakes 2016	Est. copies ≈ 69k–111k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $282k–$759k after Steam's cut $514k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	FishingSports
SEGA Bass Fishing 2011	Est. copies ≈ 73k–118k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	FishingSimulation
Fishing Planet 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M 62x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	78k reviews Very Positive	FishingFree to Play
Fishing Sim World®: Pro Tour 2018	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $200k–$536k after Steam's cut $363k–$825k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFishing