How much revenue did Fish Game make?

$109k–$293k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Fish Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Fish Game sell?

16k to 26k copies, based on its 639 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 16k–26k; $109k–$293k after Steam's cut $198k–$450k before the cut; from 639 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 Fish Game out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fish Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–25k

best case 37k (Aquarist)

Games like Fish Game

The middle of these games

≈ 14k–25k copies

≈ $55k–$124k after Steam's cut

from ~534 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Aquarist at ≈ 29k–46k copies, ≈ $126k–$338k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 295 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 20 to 689.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (6 of 8) and Sandbox (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Simulation, priced around $16.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 3 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
Aquarist 2024	Est. copies ≈ 29k–46k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $126k–$338k after Steam's cut $228k–$520k before the cut	$15.99	1k reviews Very Positive	IndieSandbox
Oriental Valley 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $46k–$122k after Steam's cut $83k–$188k before the cut	$17.99	371 reviews Very Positive	Life SimAdventure
Serin Fate 2021	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $78k–$211k after Steam's cut $143k–$324k before the cut	$19.99	575 reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldCreature Collector
Claw Machine Sim 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before the cut	$6.99	244 reviews Very Positive	CasualSimulation
The WILDS 2022	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$86k before the cut	$4.99	614 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessNature
Domestic Dog 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before the cut	$4.99	492 reviews Very Positive	DogSimulation
FISHERY 2019	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $64k–$171k after Steam's cut $116k–$263k before the cut	$19.99	402 reviews Very Positive	CuteSandbox
Garden of the Sea (VR) 2022	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $47k–$125k after Steam's cut $85k–$193k before the cut	$9.99	685 reviews Very Positive	CasualSimulation