How much revenue did Idle Catfarmia make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Idle Catfarmia sell?

Q: How many copies did Idle Catfarmia sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 77 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before the cut; from 77 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 Idle Catfarmia out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Idle Catfarmia's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–13k

best case 49k (FACEMINER)

Games like Idle Catfarmia

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–13k copies

≈ $1k–$16k after Steam's cut

from ~84 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: FACEMINER at ≈ 37k–61k copies, ≈ $82k–$221k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 26 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 17 to 399.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Simulation, priced around $8.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, and 3 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 36 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Hero Park 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before the cut	$12.99	48 reviews Mixed	Simulation City Builder
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Honker 2024	Est. copies ≈ 620–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $510–$1k after Steam's cut $927–$2k before the cut	$2.99	25 reviews Positive	SimulationRelaxing
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