How much revenue did Murder by Numbers make?

$172k–$463k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Murder by Numbers sell?

Q: How many copies did Murder by Numbers sell?

42k to 68k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 42k–68k; $172k–$463k after Steam's cut $313k–$712k before the cut; from 2k 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 Murder by Numbers out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Murder by Numbers's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 162k–404k

best case 580k (Sanfu)

Games like Murder by Numbers

The middle of these games

≈ 162k–404k copies

≈ $1.8M–$2.5M 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: Sanfu at ≈ 442k–719k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M 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 773 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (6 of 8) and Detective (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mystery + Drama, priced around $11.
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 61 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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