How much revenue did Smushi Come Home make?

$379k–$1.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Smushi Come Home sell?

Q: How many copies did Smushi Come Home sell?

69k to 112k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 69k–112k; $379k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $690k–$1.6M before the cut; from 3k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Smushi Come Home out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Smushi Come Home's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 339k–779k

best case 3.7M (Planet Zoo)

Games like Smushi Come Home

The middle of these games

≈ 339k–779k copies

≈ $1.7M–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Exploration (3 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Planet Zoo at ≈ 2.8M–4.6M copies, ≈ $34.7M–$93.4M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 837 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 401 to 10k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (3 of 8) and Building (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Simulation, priced around $45. The breakout hits carry Management + Economy + Realistic; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2021, and none of them 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).

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Planet Zoo 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.6M 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.7M–$93.4M after Steam's cut $63.2M–$143.7M before the cut	$44.99	97k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
Biped 2020	Est. copies ≈ 284k–461k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before the cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Character CustomizationEmotional
A Short Hike 2019	Est. copies ≈ 651k–1.1M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before the cut	$7.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationRelaxing
Townscaper 2021	Est. copies ≈ 536k–871k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $883k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut	$5.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExperimentalBuilding
Refunct 2015	Est. copies ≈ 852k–1.4M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $701k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut	$2.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Parkour3D Platformer
Viridi 2015	Est. copies ≈ 471k–765k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayRelaxing
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure 2020	Est. copies ≈ 206k–335k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $965k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$16.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualWholesome
Carto 2020	Est. copies ≈ 232k–377k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before the cut	$19.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieCute