How much revenue did Move Code Lines make?

$5k–$13k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Move Code Lines sell?

Q: How many copies did Move Code Lines sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 92 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before the cut; from 92 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 Move Code Lines out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Move Code Lines's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 23k–230k

best case 182k (Turing Complete)

Games like Move Code Lines

The middle of these games

≈ 23k–230k copies

≈ $75k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Turing Complete at ≈ 138k–225k copies, ≈ $761k–$2.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 194 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 22 to 251.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Automation (8 of 8) and Education (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Programming + Logic, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2026, and 3 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 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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Turing Complete 2021	Est. copies ≈ 138k–225k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $761k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingLogic
Code, Solve, Revolt! 2026	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut	$11.99	24 reviews Positive	ProgrammingCoding
A=B 2022	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $32k–$85k after Steam's cut $57k–$130k before the cut	$4.99	927 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleProgramming
Hexahedra 2024	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before the cut	$20.00	29 reviews Positive	PuzzleProgramming
Virtual Circuit Board 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $59k–$135k before the cut	$14.99	320 reviews Very Positive	SimulationProgramming
Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft 2024	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $65k–$175k after Steam's cut $118k–$269k before the cut	$14.99	637 reviews Very Positive	EducationProgramming
SHENZHEN I/O 2016	Est. copies ≈ 187k–304k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $772k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingAutomation
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