How much revenue did Fort Meow make?

$30k–$80k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Fort Meow sell?

Q: How many copies did Fort Meow sell?

14k to 22k copies, based on its 278 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–22k; $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before the cut; from 278 reviews (Very 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 Fort Meow out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fort Meow's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–15k

best case 39k (变量 Variables)

Games like Fort Meow

The middle of these games

≈ 11k–15k copies

≈ $25k–$56k after Steam's cut

from ~354 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: 变量 Variables at ≈ 29k–48k copies, ≈ $89k–$239k 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 177 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 19 to 275.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Tower Defense (8 of 8) and Turn-Based Tactics (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Voxel, priced around $11. The breakout hits carry Casual + Rogue-like + Voxel; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 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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Variables 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $47k–$126k after Steam's cut $85k–$194k before the cut	$14.99	458 reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseVoxel
Refactor 2022	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before the cut	$4.99	469 reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Rogue-lite
Candy Disaster - Tower Defense 2021	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $32k–$87k after Steam's cut $59k–$133k before the cut	$13.99	338 reviews Mostly Positive	FunnySurvival
变量 Variables 2019	Est. copies ≈ 29k–48k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $89k–$239k after Steam's cut $162k–$368k before the cut	$10.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseVoxel
MechDefender - Tower Defense 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$52k before the cut	$4.99	370 reviews Mostly Positive	Trading Card GameTurn-Based Tactics
Dwarf Tower 2014	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before the cut	$0.99	279 reviews Mostly Positive	DwarfIndie
Digs TD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$60k before the cut	$19.99	106 reviews Mixed	Tower DefenseStrategy
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