How many copies did Block in the Lock sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 74 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Block in the Lock make?

Block in the Lock is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Block in the Lock?

Estimated owners: ≈ 2k–3k; from 74 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 Block in the Lock out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Block in the Lock's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–42k

best case 188k (Patrick's Parabox)

Games like Block in the Lock

The middle of these games

≈ 10k–42k copies

≈ $22k–$75k after Steam's cut

from ~417 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Patrick's Parabox at ≈ 144k–233k copies, ≈ $789k–$2.1M 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 136 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 41 to 897.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Sokoban (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Sokoban, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Logic + Minimalist; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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 79 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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Patrick's Parabox 2022	Est. copies ≈ 144k–233k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleSokoban
English Country Tune 2012	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $39k–$105k after Steam's cut $71k–$161k before the cut	$4.99	449 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleIndie
Yugo Puzzle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$56k before the cut	$5.99	334 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleIndie
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Sokobond 2014	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $165k–$443k after Steam's cut $299k–$681k before the cut	$14.99	713 reviews Very Positive	SokobanScience
Knight Swap 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$0.99	149 reviews Very Positive	SokobanPuzzle
Linelith 2022	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before the cut	$2.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
SOK 2017	Est. copies ≈ 8k–12k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before the cut	$4.99	222 reviews Very Positive	CasualPuzzle