How much revenue did The Billion Clicker make?

$446–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Billion Clicker sell?

Q: How many copies did The Billion Clicker sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 66 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $446–$1k after Steam's cut $810–$2k before the cut; from 66 reviews (Mostly 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 Billion Clicker out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Billion Clicker's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 16k–39k

best case 489k (Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms)

Games like The Billion Clicker

The middle of these games

≈ 16k–39k copies

≈ $15k–$150k after Steam's cut

from ~924 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms at ≈ 373k–606k copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 330 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 10 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Idler (8 of 8) and Clicker (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dungeons & Dragons + Idler. The breakout hits carry Dungeons & Dragons + Fantasy + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2026, and 1 of your 8 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 38 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Vacuum Warrior - Idle Game 2023	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	924 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIdler
100 hidden turtles 2022	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$0.99	477 reviews Very Positive	CasualAdventure
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms 2020	Est. copies ≈ 373k–606k 16x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	15k reviews Mostly Positive	Dungeons & DragonsFree to Play
God Awe-full Clicker 2018	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	391 reviews Mixed	Free to PlayIdler
Orb of Creation 2026	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $181k–$486k after Steam's cut $329k–$748k before the cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MagicCasual
Underworld Idle 2023	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerClicker
Coin Flipper 2022	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before the cut	$2.99	485 reviews Very Positive	IdlerClicker
Long Dream 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $48k–$130k after Steam's cut $88k–$200k before the cut	$6.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePoint & Click