How much revenue did Wordle 2 make?

$117k–$314k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wordle 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Wordle 2 sell?

14k to 23k copies, based on its 559 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–23k; $117k–$314k after Steam's cut $212k–$483k before the cut; from 559 reviews (Mixed)

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 Wordle 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wordle 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 131k–284k

best case 487k (Zup!)

Games like Wordle 2

The middle of these games

≈ 131k–284k copies

≈ $101k–$218k after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Zup! at ≈ 371k–603k copies, ≈ $203k–$546k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Fast-Paced (8 of 8) and Physics (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Fast-Paced, priced around $2.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. 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 52 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
Zup! 5 2017	Est. copies ≈ 104k–168k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $57k–$152k after Steam's cut $103k–$234k before the cut	$1.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! 9 2019	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $31k–$84k after Steam's cut $57k–$129k before the cut	$1.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 287k–466k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $157k–$422k after Steam's cut $286k–$650k before the cut	$1.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 193k–313k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $106k–$284k after Steam's cut $192k–$437k before the cut	$1.99	6k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! 6 2017	Est. copies ≈ 89k–145k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $49k–$131k after Steam's cut $89k–$201k before the cut	$1.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 371k–603k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $203k–$546k after Steam's cut $369k–$840k before the cut	$1.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! Z 2020	Est. copies ≈ 107k–175k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $59k–$158k after Steam's cut $107k–$243k before the cut	$1.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleIndie
Zup! 8 2018	Est. copies ≈ 136k–220k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $74k–$199k after Steam's cut $135k–$307k before the cut	$1.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual