How much revenue did Alias make?

$83–$221 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Alias sell?

Q: How many copies did Alias sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $83–$221 after Steam's cut $150–$340 before the cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Thin evidence: 2 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Alias out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Alias's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 155–3k

best case 18k (Nodes Escape)

Games like Alias

The middle of these games

≈ 155–3k copies

≈ $116–$3k after Steam's cut

from ~17 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Nodes Escape at ≈ 14k–22k copies, ≈ $7k–$20k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 4 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 233.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Word Game (8 of 8) and Text-Based (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Word Game + Puzzle, priced around $2.
The era: Only 1 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 36 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Mini Words - minimalist puzzle 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut	$1.99	183 reviews Very Positive	Word GamePuzzle
Inkslinger 2021	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $920–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$4.99	27 reviews Positive	AdventureStory Rich
Nodes Escape 2023	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k 32x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before the cut	$1.99	551 reviews Very Positive	Word GamePuzzle
三国英雄坛 2022	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $47–$127 after Steam's cut $86–$195 before the cut	$0.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	SimulationStrategy
Mini Words: Polyglot 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $842–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$3k before the cut	$1.99	62 reviews Very Positive	SpellingEducation
Ansiolisis 2022	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $68–$183 after Steam's cut $123–$281 before the cut	$1.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	AdventurePoint & Click
Panpu-ja 2023	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $18–$49 after Steam's cut $33–$76 before the cut	$0.90	3 reviews 3 user reviews	ClickerWord Game
Chaperon Inc. 2024	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $81–$219 after Steam's cut $148–$337 before the cut	$2.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	CasualWord Game