How much revenue did Nomad Idle make?

$60k–$161k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nomad Idle sell?

Q: How many copies did Nomad Idle sell?

22k to 35k copies, based on its 880 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–35k; $60k–$161k after Steam's cut $109k–$248k before the cut; from 880 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 Nomad Idle out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nomad Idle's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–19k

best case 226k (Firestone – Idle Clicker Online RPG)

Games like Nomad Idle

The middle of these games

≈ 11k–19k copies

≈ $18k–$29k after Steam's cut

from ~386 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: Firestone – Idle Clicker Online RPG at ≈ 172k–280k copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 248 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 9 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (7 of 8) and Idler (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Clicker. The breakout hits carry Simulation + Co-op + Action; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 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 38 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
God Awe-full Clicker 2018	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	391 reviews Mixed	Free to PlayIdler
Crimson Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before the cut	$3.99	380 reviews Mixed	RPGAction
Samawa Idle 2023	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$87k before the cut	$4.99	617 reviews Mixed	ClickerIdler
Incremental Epic Hero 2021	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	328 reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerAuto Battler
Firestone – Idle Clicker Online RPG 2024	Est. copies ≈ 172k–280k 18x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerClicker
DPS IDLE 2021	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	797 reviews Mixed	IdlerClicker
My life as an archeologist 2022	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before the cut	$3.99	333 reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashClicker
Idle Armada 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$3.99	64 reviews Very Positive	StrategyCasual