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How many copies did The Farmer Was Replaced sell?
Estimated copies sold
≈ 211k–343k
$579k–$1.6M net $1.1M–$2.4M gross
from 9k 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 The Farmer Was Replaced out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Farmer Was Replaced's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 772–7k
best case 50k (Crypto Mining Simulator)
The Idler lane

A niche genre: modest ceilings, most sell around 2k copies, so plan for a small audience.

A typical game
≈ 2k copies
≈ $4k after Steam's cut
from ~42 reviews
Best case
≈ 50k copies
Crypto Mining Simulator · ≈ $96k after Steam's cut
from 2k reviews

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 Simulation + Idler, priced around $5.
  • The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, a lane with a long track record.
  • A typical game here lands in Bronze (under $10k before Steam's cut, est.); the best case reaches Silver ($10k–$250k). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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