How much revenue did FISHERY make?

$64k–$171k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FISHERY sell?

Q: How many copies did FISHERY sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 402 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $64k–$171k after Steam's cut $116k–$263k before the cut; from 402 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 FISHERY out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FISHERY's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 834k–2.5M

best case 56.5M (Stardew Valley)

Games like FISHERY

The middle of these games

≈ 834k–2.5M copies

≈ $4.9M–$13.8M after Steam's cut

from ~33k 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: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.0M–69.9M copies, ≈ $177.4M–$476.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 18k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 953 to 34k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (7 of 8) and Life Sim (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $15.
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 that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 52 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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Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.0M–69.9M 31x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $177.4M–$476.9M after Steam's cut $322.5M–$733.6M before the cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
Dinkum 2025	Est. copies ≈ 721k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.4M before the cut	$19.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftAgriculture
The Sims™ 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.0M 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	200k reviews Very Positive	Life SimCharacter Customization
Wobbledogs 2022	Est. copies ≈ 378k–615k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.6M before the cut	$19.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DogWholesome
inZOI 2025	Est. copies ≈ 807k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.9M–$23.9M after Steam's cut $16.1M–$36.7M before the cut	$39.99	33k reviews Mostly Positive	Life SimCharacter Customization
Littlewood 2020	Est. copies ≈ 169k–275k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $698k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLife Sim
Wobbly Life 2025	Est. copies ≈ 880k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.3M after Steam's cut $11.0M–$25.0M before the cut	$24.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureMultiplayer
Fields of Mistria 2026	Est. copies ≈ 834k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.3M before the cut	$13.99	34k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessFarming Sim