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How many copies did Lucky gem sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 273–443
$74–$200 after Steam's cut $135–$307 before the cut
from 11 reviews (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 Lucky gem out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lucky gem's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 162k–1.1M
best case 3.0M (Manor Lords)
Games like Lucky gem

The middle of these games

≈ 162k–1.1M copies

≈ $879k–$15.9M 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.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Manor Lords at ≈ 2.3M–3.7M copies, ≈ $24.8M–$66.6M after Steam's cut.

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 4 to 44k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on City Builder (7 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $40.
The era
4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.
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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Manor Lords
2024
Est. copies
≈ 2.3M–3.7M
12x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$24.8M–$66.6M after Steam's cut $45.0M–$102.4M before the cut
$39.99
91k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyCity Builder
Island Farmer - Jigsaw Puzzle
2021
Est. copies
≈ 14k–23k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before the cut
$1.99
559 reviews
Very Positive
PuzzleTabletop
Littlewood
2020
Est. copies
≈ 169k–275k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$698k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut
$14.99
7k reviews
Very Positive
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Timberborn
2026
Est. copies
≈ 1.0M–1.7M
5.4x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$9.8M–$26.4M after Steam's cut $17.9M–$40.7M before the cut
$34.99
41k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
City BuilderVoxel
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
2024
Est. copies
≈ 673k–1.1M
3.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's cut $13.5M–$30.6M before the cut
$39.99
27k reviews
Very Positive
StrategySimulation
Ostriv
2020
Est. copies
≈ 189k–308k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before the cut
$24.99
8k reviews
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The Lost Village
2024
Est. copies
≈ 77k–126k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$255k–$687k after Steam's cut $464k–$1.1M before the cut
$11.99
3k reviews
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Idle Business Tycoon - Build Simulator
2022
Est. copies
≈ 298–484
too small to compare
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$163–$438 after Steam's cut $297–$674 before the cut
$1.99
12 reviews
Mostly Negative
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