How much revenue did Placid Plastic Duck Simulator make?

An estimated 262k to 705k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Placid Plastic Duck Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Placid Plastic Duck Simulator sell?

An estimated 479k to 779k copies, based on its 20k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 479k–779k; $262k–$705k net $477k–$1.1M gross; from 20k 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 Placid Plastic Duck Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Placid Plastic Duck Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 278k–439k

best case 1.6M (My Singing Monsters)

The Casual lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 342k copies, with a few that break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 342k copies

≈ $1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.6M copies

My Singing Monsters

from 48k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Creature Collector + Simulation, priced around $15.
The breakout hits carry Farming Sim + Colony Sim + Free to Play; a typical game here doesn't.
None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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