How much revenue did Pentiment make?

An estimated 1.3M to 3.4M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pentiment sell?

Q: How many copies did Pentiment sell?

An estimated 228k to 370k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 228k–370k; $1.3M–$3.4M net $2.3M–$5.2M gross; from 9k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Pentiment out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pentiment's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 201k–559k

best case 657k (Murders on the Yangtze River)

The Puzzle lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 392k copies.

A typical game

≈ 392k copies

≈ $3.1M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

Best case

≈ 657k copies

Murders on the Yangtze River · ≈ $3.8M after Steam's cut

from 21k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Detective + Adventure, priced around $15.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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