How much revenue did Plantera make?

$202k–$544k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Plantera sell?

Q: How many copies did Plantera sell?

246k to 400k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 246k–400k; $202k–$544k after Steam's cut $368k–$838k before the cut; from 6k 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 Plantera out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Plantera's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 142k–457k

best case 3.0M (Cookie Clicker)

Games like Plantera

The middle of these games

≈ 142k–457k copies

≈ $258k–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Cookie Clicker at ≈ 2.3M–3.7M copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 189 to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (8 of 8) and Idler (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Clicker + Idler, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 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
Cookie Clicker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.1M before the cut	$4.99	93k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ClickerIdler
Your Chronicle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGIdler
Digseum 2024	Est. copies ≈ 202k–327k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $166k–$446k after Steam's cut $301k–$685k before the cut	$2.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualClicker
PickCrafter 2017	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Very Positive	MiningIdler
Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 656k–1.1M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	IdlerClicker
Endless World Idle RPG 2019	Est. copies ≈ 122k–198k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mostly Positive	PvPHack and Slash
Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up 2022	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $62k–$166k after Steam's cut $112k–$256k before the cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	CasualIndie
Chillquarium 2023	Est. copies ≈ 207k–337k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $341k–$917k after Steam's cut $620k–$1.4M before the cut	$5.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorIdler