How much revenue did Chess Brain make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Chess Brain sell?

Q: How many copies did Chess Brain sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 165 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 165 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 Chess Brain out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Chess Brain's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–3k

best case 15k (Unlock The King)

Games like Chess Brain

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–3k copies

≈ $835–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~64 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: Unlock The King at ≈ 12k–19k copies, ≈ $3k–$8k after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 20 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 14 to 24.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Sokoban (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Futuristic + Sokoban, priced around $1. The breakout hits carry Atmospheric + Futuristic; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. 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).

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Unlock The King 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $851–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$0.99	126 reviews Mostly Positive	SokobanFuturistic
Knight Swap 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $392–$1k after Steam's cut $713–$2k before the cut	$0.99	50 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleMinimalist
Chesskoban - Chess Puzzles 2021	Est. copies ≈ 967–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $263–$708 after Steam's cut $479–$1k before the cut	$0.99	39 reviews Positive	ChessSokoban
SokoChess 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$4.99	45 reviews Positive	ChessSokoban
Unlock The King 2019	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$0.99	401 reviews Very Positive	FuturisticSokoban
Unlock The King 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $513–$1k after Steam's cut $933–$2k before the cut	$0.99	76 reviews Mostly Positive	SokobanDifficult
Knight Swap 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$0.99	149 reviews Very Positive	SokobanPuzzle
Chess Brain: Dark Troops 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$2.99	64 reviews Very Positive	ChessPuzzle