How much revenue did Apotheker make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Apotheker sell?

Q: How many copies did Apotheker sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 48 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut; from 48 reviews (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 Apotheker out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Apotheker's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 38k–106k

best case 425k (Little Witch in the Woods)

Games like Apotheker

The middle of these games

≈ 38k–106k copies

≈ $285k–$845k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Little Witch in the Woods at ≈ 324k–526k copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 615 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 163 to 10k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (6 of 8) and Management (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Magic, priced around $20.
The era: 5 of your 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 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop 2024	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $168k–$451k after Steam's cut $305k–$694k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	AdventureManagement
Beholder: Conductor 2025	Est. copies ≈ 131k–212k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $503k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $914k–$2.1M before the cut	$13.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Dystopian Choices Matter
Little Witch in the Woods 2025	Est. copies ≈ 324k–526k 9.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.4M before the cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessCute
Rail Route 2024	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $444k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $807k–$1.8M before the cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	BuildingManagement
Staffer Reborn 2024	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$137k before the cut	$4.99	972 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureInvestigation
Still There 2019	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $161k–$432k after Steam's cut $292k–$665k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickEmotional
No Umbrellas Allowed 2021	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $201k–$541k after Steam's cut $366k–$833k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
The Last Clockwinder 2022	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $137k–$368k after Steam's cut $249k–$565k before the cut	$24.99	802 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichAdventure