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How many copies did BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships sell?
Estimated copies sold
≈ 868–1k
$475–$1k net $864–$2k gross
from 35 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 BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–6k
best case 308k (5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel)
The Chess lane

A niche genre: modest ceilings, most sell around 4k copies, so plan for a small audience.

A typical game
≈ 4k copies
≈ $3k after Steam's cut
from ~126 reviews
Best case
≈ 308k copies
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel · ≈ $1.4M after Steam's cut
from 9k reviews
A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it.

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 Chess + Time Travel, priced around $12.
  • The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Time Travel + Time Manipulation; a typical game here doesn't.
  • None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
  • A typical game here lands in Bronze (under $10k before Steam's cut, est.); the best case reaches Diamond ($1M+). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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Est. copies
≈ 8k–12k
2.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 0–20k
Est. revenue
$11k–$28k net $19k–$44k gross
$4.99
320 reviews
Very Positive
ChessPuzzle +6
2020
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≈ 235k–382k
71x vs typical
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$775k–$2.1M net $1.4M–$3.2M gross
$11.99
9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ChessTime Travel +6
2020
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$2k–$5k net $3k–$8k gross
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Very Positive
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2023
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$18k–$48k net $32k–$74k gross
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Very Positive
StrategyCasual +6
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≈ 843–1k
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$461–$1k net $839–$2k gross
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Positive
ChessPuzzle +6
2023
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≈ 5k–8k
1.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 0–20k
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$18k–$49k net $33k–$76k gross
$12.99
213 reviews
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2022
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≈ 1k–2k
SteamSpy 0–20k
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$1k–$3k net $2k–$5k gross
$3.99
42 reviews
Positive
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SteamSpy 0–20k
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$1.99
35 reviews
Positive
ChessStrategy +6

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