How much revenue did Idle Big Devil make?

Idle Big Devil is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Idle Big Devil sell?

Q: How many copies did Idle Big Devil sell?

94k to 154k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 94k–154k; from 4k 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 Idle Big Devil out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Idle Big Devil's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–1.4M

best case 3.0M (Cookie Clicker)

Games like Idle Big Devil

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–1.4M copies

≈ $1k–$2.9M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cookie Clicker at ≈ 2.3M–3.7M copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 319 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 5 to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (8 of 8) and Idler (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, 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 61 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
Idle magic herb 2022	Est. copies ≈ 918–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$4.99	37 reviews Mostly Negative	IdlerSimulation
Clicker Heroes 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 9.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	62k reviews Very Positive	ClickerIdler
NGU IDLE 2019	Est. copies ≈ 373k–606k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayIdler
DPS IDLE 2021	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	797 reviews Mixed	IdlerClicker
TheFoolish 2024	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $102–$275 after Steam's cut $185–$423 before the cut	$2.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	IdlerClicker
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends 2021	Est. copies ≈ 693k–1.1M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	28k reviews Very Positive	ClickerFree to Play
Creature Card Idle 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	173 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIdler
Cookie Clicker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.1M before the cut	$4.99	93k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ClickerIdler