How much revenue did Animal Defense Versus make?

Animal Defense Versus is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Animal Defense Versus sell?

Q: How many copies did Animal Defense Versus sell?

372 to 605 copies, based on its 15 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 372–605; from 15 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 Animal Defense Versus out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Animal Defense Versus's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–60k

best case 179k (Ratropolis)

Games like Animal Defense Versus

The middle of these games

≈ 8k–60k copies

≈ $34k–$324k after Steam's cut

from ~517 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Ratropolis at ≈ 137k–222k copies, ≈ $676k–$1.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 222 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 62 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Card Battler (8 of 8) and Deckbuilding (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Deckbuilding + Card Battler, priced around $18.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, and 2 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 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
Necronator: Dead Wrong 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $47k–$125k after Steam's cut $85k–$193k before the cut	$12.99	526 reviews Mixed	Real Time TacticsTower Defense
Ratropolis 2020	Est. copies ≈ 137k–222k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $676k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before the cut	$17.99	6k reviews Very Positive	2DDeckbuilding
Castle Cardians 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$56k before the cut	$14.99	133 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyDeckbuilding
Overdungeon 2019	Est. copies ≈ 89k–145k 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $369k–$992k after Steam's cut $671k–$1.5M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyIndie
Tower Tactics: Liberation 2023	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $111k–$298k after Steam's cut $202k–$459k before the cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike Deckbuilder Tower Defense
Forest Heroes 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $37k–$83k before the cut	$9.99	295 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessStrategy
Cartridge Defense 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$34k before the cut	$11.99	100 reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseCard Game
WARCANA 2024	Est. copies ≈ 13k–20k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $87k–$233k after Steam's cut $157k–$358k before the cut	$24.99	508 reviews Mixed	StrategyCard Game