How much revenue did Homebrew - Patent Unknown make?

$225k–$604k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Homebrew - Patent Unknown sell?

Q: How many copies did Homebrew - Patent Unknown sell?

54k to 89k copies, based on its 973 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 54k–89k; $225k–$604k after Steam's cut $408k–$929k before the cut; from 973 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 Homebrew - Patent Unknown out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Homebrew - Patent Unknown's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 423k–737k

best case 7.3M (鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal)

Games like Homebrew - Patent Unknown

The middle of these games

≈ 423k–737k copies

≈ $2.4M–$6.1M after Steam's cut

from ~15k 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: 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $30.6M–$82.3M 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 6k to 208k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Sandbox (5 of 8) and Exploration (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Simulation, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Management + Mythology + Tactical RPG; 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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