How much revenue did Lofi aquarium make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lofi aquarium sell?

Q: How many copies did Lofi aquarium sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 147 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before the cut; from 147 reviews (Mostly 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 Lofi aquarium out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lofi aquarium's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 30k–84k

best case 199k (Lil Gator Game)

Games like Lofi aquarium

The middle of these games

≈ 30k–84k copies

≈ $13k–$81k 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: Lil Gator Game at ≈ 151k–246k copies, ≈ $832k–$2.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 250 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 98 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Cozy (8 of 8) and Wholesome (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cozy + Wholesome, 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 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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