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How many copies did Idle Battle RPG sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 471–766
$517–$1k after Steam's cut $940–$2k before the cut
from 19 reviews (Mixed)

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 Battle RPG out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Idle Battle RPG's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 163–1k
best case 9.4M (Don't Starve)
Games like Idle Battle RPG

The middle of these games

≈ 163–1k copies

≈ $256–$3k after Steam's cut

from ~17 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: Don't Starve at ≈ 7.2M–11.6M copies, ≈ $19.7M–$52.9M 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 6 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 22.
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 Perma Death (7 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Survival + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Open World Survival Craft + Crafting + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2013 to 2025, and 2 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Don't Starve
2013
Est. copies
≈ 7.2M–11.6M
6670x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$19.7M–$52.9M after Steam's cut $35.8M–$81.4M before the cut
$9.99
113k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
The Candle
2025
Est. copies
≈ 2k–3k
4.8x vs typical
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut
$4.99
82 reviews
Very Positive
ExplorationTime Management
One Life Clicker
2023
Est. copies
≈ 422–685
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$231–$620 after Steam's cut $420–$954 before the cut
$1.99
17 reviews
Mixed
ClickerIdler
Last Soul
2021
Est. copies
≈ 50–81
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$41–$111 after Steam's cut $75–$170 before the cut
$2.99
2 reviews
2 user reviews
Arena ShooterTop-Down Shooter
迷途
2020
Est. copies
≈ 719–1k
1.7x vs typical
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut
$9.99
29 reviews
Mixed
DrivingAdventure
Merge Hero
2022
Est. copies
≈ 843–1k
2.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$229–$617 after Steam's cut $417–$949 before the cut
$0.99
34 reviews
Negative
IdlerRPG
Salvation of the soul
2022
Est. copies
≈ 198–322
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$108–$292 after Steam's cut $197–$449 before the cut
$1.99
8 reviews
8 user reviews
IdlerPuzzle
Zombie Marauders
2025
Est. copies
≈ 25–40
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
1 reviews
1 user reviews
Boomer ShooterFPS

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