How much revenue did Winkeltje: The Little Shop make?

$187k–$503k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Winkeltje: The Little Shop sell?

Q: How many copies did Winkeltje: The Little Shop sell?

45k to 74k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 45k–74k; $187k–$503k after Steam's cut $340k–$774k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Winkeltje: The Little Shop and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Winkeltje: The Little Shop's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–12k

best case 586k (Shop Titans)

Games like Winkeltje: The Little Shop

A typical game among these

≈ 9k–12k copies

≈ $49k–$63k after Steam's cut

from ~332 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Shop Titans at ≈ 446k–725k copies. 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 147 reviews in their first month; the range was 8 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cozy (6 of 8) and Shop Keeper (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Shop Keeper. The breakout hits carry Idler + Medieval + Base-Building; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 7 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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