How many copies did Idle Cave Miner sell?

30k to 48k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Idle Cave Miner make?

Idle Cave Miner is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Idle Cave Miner?

Estimated owners: ≈ 30k–48k; from 1k 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 Idle Cave Miner out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Idle Cave Miner's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 265k–323k

best case 607k (Mr.Mine)

Games like Idle Cave Miner

The middle of these games

≈ 265k–323k copies

≈ $413k–$697k after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mr.Mine at ≈ 462k–751k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 35 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (7 of 8) and Idler (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Clicker.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2024, 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 43 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
Mr.Mine 2020	Est. copies ≈ 462k–751k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	19k reviews Very Positive	IdlerClicker
Digseum 2024	Est. copies ≈ 202k–327k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $166k–$446k after Steam's cut $301k–$685k before the cut	$2.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualClicker
PickCrafter 2017	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Very Positive	MiningIdler
(the) Gnorp Apologue 2023	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $474k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $861k–$2.0M before the cut	$6.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ClickerIdler
Dwarf Shop 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before the cut	$9.99	112 reviews Mostly Positive	DwarfSimulation
A Mining Game 2019	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	234 reviews Mixed	Free to PlayIndie
To The Core 2023	Est. copies ≈ 128k–209k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $282k–$759k after Steam's cut $513k–$1.2M before the cut	$7.99	5k reviews Very Positive	CasualClicker
Fidget Spinner RPG 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$26k before the cut	$3.99	235 reviews Very Positive	CasualRPG