How much revenue did Puzzle - LINES AND KNOTS make?

$18k–$48k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Puzzle - LINES AND KNOTS sell?

Q: How many copies did Puzzle - LINES AND KNOTS sell?

6k to 11k copies, based on its 261 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–11k; $18k–$48k after Steam's cut $32k–$74k before the cut; from 261 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 Puzzle - LINES AND KNOTS out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Puzzle - LINES AND KNOTS's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 168k–469k

best case 571k (Hook)

Games like Puzzle - LINES AND KNOTS

The middle of these games

≈ 168k–469k copies

≈ $281k–$662k after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hook at ≈ 435k–707k copies, ≈ $358k–$962k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Logic (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Abstract, priced around $3.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2021, and none of them 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 70 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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Hook 2015	Est. copies ≈ 435k–707k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $358k–$962k after Steam's cut $651k–$1.5M before the cut	$2.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
klocki 2016	Est. copies ≈ 195k–316k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $160k–$430k after Steam's cut $291k–$662k before the cut	$2.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
LYNE 2014	Est. copies ≈ 462k–750k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $380k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $690k–$1.6M before the cut	$2.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleLogic
Hexcells Infinite 2014	Est. copies ≈ 263k–428k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $361k–$971k after Steam's cut $657k–$1.5M before the cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual
Hexcells 2014	Est. copies ≈ 332k–539k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $273k–$734k after Steam's cut $496k–$1.1M before the cut	$2.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual
Wordle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 36k–58k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $301k–$810k after Steam's cut $548k–$1.2M before the cut	$30.62	1k reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleCasual
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Understand 2020	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $23k–$61k after Steam's cut $41k–$94k before the cut	$3.99	838 reviews Very Positive	AbstractMinimalist