How much revenue did Idle Exorcism Hero make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Idle Exorcism Hero sell?

Q: How many copies did Idle Exorcism Hero sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 111 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before the cut; from 111 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 Exorcism Hero out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Idle Exorcism Hero's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 724–9k

best case 56k (挂机神话)

Games like Idle Exorcism Hero

The middle of these games

≈ 724–9k copies

≈ $2k–$29k after Steam's cut

from ~86 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: 挂机神话 at ≈ 43k–70k copies, ≈ $24k–$63k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 1k reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Idler (7 of 8) and Turn-Based Tactics (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Word Game, priced around $2.
The era: Only 2 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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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