How much revenue did THE IMPOSSIBLE make?

An estimated 21k to 56k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did THE IMPOSSIBLE sell?

Q: How many copies did THE IMPOSSIBLE sell?

An estimated 15k to 25k copies, based on its 579 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–25k; $21k–$56k net $38k–$87k gross; from 579 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 THE IMPOSSIBLE out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including THE IMPOSSIBLE's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 178k–446k

best case 2.2M (The Talos Principle)

The Puzzle lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 364k copies.

A typical game

≈ 364k copies

≈ $4.1M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

Best case

≈ 2.2M copies

The Talos Principle · ≈ $26.0M after Steam's cut

from 33k 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 Puzzle + Philosophical, priced around $30.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2022, 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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