How much revenue did Ancient Russian Life Simulator make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ancient Russian Life Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Ancient Russian Life Simulator sell?

12k to 20k copies, based on its 497 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–20k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut; from 497 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 Ancient Russian Life Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ancient Russian Life Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 113k–286k

best case 3.0M (Cookie Clicker)

Games like Ancient Russian Life Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 113k–286k copies

≈ $59k–$116k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Cookie Clicker at ≈ 2.3M–3.7M copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 707 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 251 to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (8 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Idler + Management; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 52 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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