How much revenue did Rusty's Retirement make?

An estimated 676k to 1.8M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rusty's Retirement sell?

Q: How many copies did Rusty's Retirement sell?

An estimated 352k to 572k copies, based on its 15k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 352k–572k; $676k–$1.8M net $1.2M–$2.8M gross; from 15k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Rusty's Retirement out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rusty's Retirement's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–142k

best case 277k (The Farmer Was Replaced)

The Idler lane

A niche genre: modest ceilings, most sell around 46k copies, so plan for a small audience.

A typical game

≈ 46k copies

≈ $88k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Best case

≈ 277k copies

The Farmer Was Replaced · ≈ $1.1M after Steam's cut

from 9k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Programming + Automation, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Silver ($10k–$250k before Steam's cut, est.); the best case reaches Diamond ($1M+). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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