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How many copies did Toilet Chronicles sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 41k–67k
$114k–$306k after Steam's cut $207k–$471k 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 Toilet Chronicles out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Toilet Chronicles's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11.6M–23.5M
best case 132.9M (Grand Theft Auto V Legacy)
Games like Toilet Chronicles

The middle of these games

≈ 11.6M–23.5M copies

≈ $63.5M–$149.1M after Steam's cut

from ~233k 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.

Best case: Grand Theft Auto V Legacy at ≈ 101.3M–164.6M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on First-Person (6 of 8) and Open World (3 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with First-Person, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Crime + Automobile Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2006 to 2020, 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 79 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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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
2015
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≈ 101.3M–164.6M
8.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 50M–100M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
2.1M reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldAction
VRChat
2017
Est. copies
≈ 9.2M–15.0M
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
268k reviews
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VRFree to Play
Portal
2007
Est. copies
≈ 12.5M–20.4M
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$34.5M–$92.6M after Steam's cut $62.6M–$142.5M before the cut
$9.99
198k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Borderlands 2
2012
Est. copies
≈ 19.7M–32.1M
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$108.4M–$291.6M after Steam's cut $197.2M–$448.6M before the cut
$19.99
312k reviews
Very Positive
LootShooter
Portal 2
2011
Est. copies
≈ 29.4M–47.8M
2.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut $147.0M–$334.4M before the cut
$9.99
466k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Garry's Mod
2006
Est. copies
≈ 79.8M–129.6M
5.4x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
$219.1M–$589.2M after Steam's cut $398.4M–$906.5M before the cut
$9.99
1.3M reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
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POSTAL 2
2012
Est. copies
≈ 8.7M–14.1M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$23.8M–$64.0M after Steam's cut $43.3M–$98.5M before the cut
$9.99
137k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ViolentDark Humor
Borderlands 3
2020
Est. copies
≈ 4.1M–6.6M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$67.0M–$180.1M after Steam's cut $121.8M–$277.1M before the cut
$59.99
164k reviews
Very Positive
RPGLooter Shooter

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