How much revenue did PolyPine make?

$25k–$66k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PolyPine sell?

Q: How many copies did PolyPine sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 401 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $25k–$66k after Steam's cut $45k–$102k before the cut; from 401 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 PolyPine out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PolyPine's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 30k–69k

best case 279k (Tiny Pasture)

Games like PolyPine

The middle of these games

≈ 30k–69k copies

≈ $47k–$132k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tiny Pasture at ≈ 213k–346k copies, ≈ $350k–$942k 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 363 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 32 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (8 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Farming Sim, priced around $6. The breakout hits carry Management + Farming Sim + Cute; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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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Tiny Pasture 2025	Est. copies ≈ 213k–346k 6.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $350k–$942k after Steam's cut $637k–$1.4M before the cut	$5.99	9k reviews Very Positive	IdlerFarming Sim
Bird 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before the cut	$0.99	998 reviews Very Positive	NatureFlight
Cornerpond 2025	Est. copies ≈ 68k–110k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $56k–$149k after Steam's cut $101k–$230k before the cut	$2.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationIdler
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Click Mage 2025	Est. copies ≈ 64k–104k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $88k–$236k after Steam's cut $159k–$363k before the cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationClicker
Croakoloco 2024	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $39k–$88k before the cut	$5.99	523 reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorIdler
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