How much revenue did Orb of Creation make?

$181k–$486k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Orb of Creation sell?

Q: How many copies did Orb of Creation sell?

55k to 89k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 55k–89k; $181k–$486k after Steam's cut $329k–$748k before the cut; from 2k 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 Orb of Creation out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Orb of Creation's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–25k

best case 323k (PickCrafter)

Games like Orb of Creation

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–25k copies

≈ $3k–$41k after Steam's cut

from ~278 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: PickCrafter at ≈ 246k–400k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 55 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 15 to 676.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Idler (7 of 8) and Resource Management (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mining + Idler.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 43 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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