How much revenue did The Chameleon make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Chameleon sell?

Q: How many copies did The Chameleon sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 190 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before the cut; from 190 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 Chameleon out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Chameleon's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.8M–7.1M

best case 55.9M (PAYDAY 2)

Games like The Chameleon

The middle of these games

≈ 5.8M–7.1M copies

≈ $54.2M–$78.8M after Steam's cut

from ~108k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: PAYDAY 2 at ≈ 42.6M–69.2M copies, ≈ $117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Stealth (7 of 8) and Open World (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + FPS, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Co-op + FPS + Heist; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, and 1 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 79 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
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.4M–$79.0M after Steam's cut $53.4M–$121.5M before the cut	$39.99	88k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $29.8M–$80.2M after Steam's cut $54.2M–$123.4M before the cut	$19.99	97k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
HITMAN™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M too small to compare SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	37k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
Batman™: Arkham Knight 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.8M–12.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $42.7M–$114.8M after Steam's cut $77.7M–$176.7M before the cut	$19.99	159k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.9M–$77.8M after Steam's cut $52.6M–$119.7M before the cut	$19.99	108k reviews Very Positive	StealthOpen World
PAYDAY 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.6M–69.2M 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut $212.8M–$484.2M before the cut	$9.99	674k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction
Assassin's Creed® Origins 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $72.9M–$196.0M after Steam's cut $132.6M–$301.6M before the cut	$59.99	128k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAssassin
corpo/ghost 2024	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $614–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$14.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	ActionPuzzle