How much revenue did FISHERY make?

$63k–$171k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FISHERY sell?

Q: How many copies did FISHERY sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 401 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $63k–$171k after Steam's cut $115k–$263k before Steam's cut; from 401 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 FISHERY and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FISHERY's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 839k–2.5M

best case 57.1M (Stardew Valley)

Games like FISHERY

A typical game among these

≈ 839k–2.5M copies

≈ $5.1M–$14.0M after Steam's cut

from ~34k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.5M–70.7M copies, ≈ $179.4M–$482.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 18k reviews in their first month; the range was 951 to 34k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Life Sim (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $15.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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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Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.5M–70.7M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $179.4M–$482.4M after Steam's cut $326.2M–$742.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
Dinkum 2025	Est. copies ≈ 725k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftAgriculture
The Sims™ 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	201k reviews Very Positive	Life SimCharacter Customization
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inZOI 2025	Est. copies ≈ 824k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.1M–$24.4M after Steam's cut $16.5M–$37.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Mostly Positive	Life SimCharacter Customization
Littlewood 2020	Est. copies ≈ 169k–275k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $699k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLife Sim
Wobbly Life 2025	Est. copies ≈ 899k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureMultiplayer
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