How much revenue did Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale make?

$326–$876 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale sell?

Q: How many copies did Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale sell?

595 to 967 copies, based on its 24 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 595–967; $326–$876 after Steam's cut $592–$1k before the cut; from 24 reviews (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 Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–4k

best case 18k (3dSen PC)

Games like Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–4k copies

≈ $1k–$6k after Steam's cut

from ~63 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: 3dSen PC at ≈ 14k–22k copies, ≈ $57k–$153k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 18 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 9 to 471.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (6 of 8) and Board Game (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Remake, priced around $15.
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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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