How much revenue did Machorium -Muscle Aquarium Simulator- make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Machorium -Muscle Aquarium Simulator- sell?

Q: How many copies did Machorium -Muscle Aquarium Simulator- sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 74 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before the cut; from 74 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 Machorium -Muscle Aquarium Simulator- out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Machorium -Muscle Aquarium Simulator-'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 657k–966k

best case 3.0M (Cookie Clicker)

Games like Machorium -Muscle Aquarium Simulator-

The middle of these games

≈ 657k–966k copies

≈ $470k–$493k after Steam's cut

from ~20k 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 11k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1k to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (6 of 8) and Idler (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Management; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, 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 70 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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