Sign in
wishvane

How many copies did Tin Hearts sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 3k–5k
$16k–$44k after Steam's cut $30k–$68k before the cut
from 120 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 Tin Hearts out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tin Hearts's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 601k–1.3M
best case 8.7M (It Takes Two)
Games like Tin Hearts

The middle of these games

≈ 601k–1.3M copies

≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut

from ~22k 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: It Takes Two at ≈ 6.7M–10.8M copies, ≈ $73.2M–$196.7M 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 10k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 516 to 16k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Story Rich (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Co-op + Puzzle, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Split Screen + Local Co-Op + Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2013 to 2023, and none of them 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

Sally Face - Episode One
2016
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–1.9M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$959k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before the cut
$2.99
28k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
2013
Est. copies
≈ 2.6M–4.2M
1.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$10.8M–$28.9M after Steam's cut $19.6M–$44.5M before the cut
$14.99
41k reviews
Very Positive
AdventureAtmospheric
It Takes Two
2021
Est. copies
≈ 6.7M–10.8M
12x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$73.2M–$196.7M after Steam's cut $133.0M–$302.7M before the cut
$39.99
268k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Co-opMultiplayer
Seen
2019
Est. copies
≈ 288k–467k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$78k–$210k after Steam's cut $142k–$324k before the cut
$0.99
10k reviews
Very Positive
Early AccessIndie
The Last Campfire
2021
Est. copies
≈ 506k–822k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$2.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.6M before the cut
$14.99
20k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
PuzzleAdventure
Sanfu
2023
Est. copies
≈ 442k–719k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before the cut
$10.99
18k reviews
Very Positive
MysteryRPG
Tin Hearts: Prologue
2018
Est. copies
≈ 2k–3k
too small to compare
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
52 reviews
Very Positive
Early AccessPuzzle
We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
2023
Est. copies
≈ 597k–969k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$655k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut
$3.99
24k reviews
Very Positive

Sizing up your own game? See what its genre can realistically do before you build it.