How much revenue did Insectum - Epic Battles of Bugs make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Insectum - Epic Battles of Bugs sell?

Q: How many copies did Insectum - Epic Battles of Bugs sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 42 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut; from 42 reviews (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 Insectum - Epic Battles of Bugs out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Insectum - Epic Battles of Bugs's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 56k–141k

best case 164k (Moonstone Island)

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The middle of these games

≈ 56k–141k copies

≈ $279k–$657k 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.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Moonstone Island at ≈ 125k–202k copies, ≈ $685k–$1.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 747 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 17 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Card Battler (7 of 8) and Creature Collector (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Creature Collector + Deckbuilding, priced around $20.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 36 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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