How much revenue did House of Lizards make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did House of Lizards sell?

Q: How many copies did House of Lizards sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 513 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut; from 513 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 House of Lizards out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including House of Lizards's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 191k–946k

best case 7.6M (The Isle)

Games like House of Lizards

The middle of these games

≈ 191k–946k copies

≈ $39k–$5.0M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Isle at ≈ 5.8M–9.5M copies, ≈ $32.0M–$86.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 76 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 5 to 2k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (6 of 8) and Dinosaurs (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dinosaurs + Survival, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2021, 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 61 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
The Isle 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.8M–9.5M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $32.0M–$86.1M after Steam's cut $58.2M–$132.5M before the cut	$19.99	119k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursSurvival
Beasts of Bermuda 2018	Est. copies ≈ 296k–481k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before the cut	$19.99	10k reviews Mixed	DinosaursSimulation
Survive or Thrive 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$1.99	240 reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterMultiple Endings
Dinosaur Hunt 2015	Est. copies ≈ 192k–312k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$216k before the cut	$0.99	4k reviews Mixed	DinosaursAction
WORLD OF ART JIGSAW PUZZLES 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $20k–$45k before the cut	$10.99	145 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
My Singing Monsters 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	49k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorSimulation
theHunter: Primal 2015	Est. copies ≈ 198k–322k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mixed	DinosaursSurvival
LEGO® Jurassic World 2015	Est. copies ≈ 555k–902k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.6M before the cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	LEGODinosaurs