How much revenue did Littlewood make?

$699k–$1.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Littlewood sell?

Q: How many copies did Littlewood sell?

169k to 275k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 169k–275k; $699k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut; from 7k 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 Littlewood and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Littlewood's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 19k–25k

best case 183k (TheoTown)

Games like Littlewood

A typical game among these

≈ 19k–25k copies

≈ $78k–$92k after Steam's cut

from ~655 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: TheoTown at ≈ 139k–227k copies, ≈ $383k–$1.0M 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 152 reviews in their first month; the range was 58 to 808.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (7 of 8) and Colony Sim (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + City Builder, priced around $15.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 36 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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Dungeon Village 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $44k–$119k after Steam's cut $80k–$182k before Steam's cut	$8.99	719 reviews Very Positive	SimulationRPG
Clanfolk 2022	Est. copies ≈ 101k–165k 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $836k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Ninja Village 2022	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $36k–$97k after Steam's cut $66k–$150k before Steam's cut	$8.99	590 reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGWargame
Game Dev Story 2022	Est. copies ≈ 37k–61k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $93k–$249k after Steam's cut $168k–$383k before Steam's cut	$8.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ManagementBuilding
Cattails: Wildwood Story 2023	Est. copies ≈ 48k–78k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $265k–$713k after Steam's cut $482k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsLife Sim
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TheoTown 2019	Est. copies ≈ 139k–227k 7.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $383k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $696k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation