How much revenue did Aquarium Designer make?

An estimated 82k to 220k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Aquarium Designer sell?

Q: How many copies did Aquarium Designer sell?

An estimated 30k to 48k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 30k–48k; $82k–$220k net $149k–$338k gross; from 1k 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 Aquarium Designer out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Aquarium Designer's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 88k–592k

best case 1.4M (ABZU)

The Casual lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 204k copies.

A typical game

≈ 204k copies

≈ $885k after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.4M copies

ABZU · ≈ $11.1M after Steam's cut

from 27k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Relaxing + Atmospheric, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2006 to 2025, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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