How much revenue did Chessarama make?

An estimated 18k to 48k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Chessarama sell?

Q: How many copies did Chessarama sell?

An estimated 4k to 7k copies, based on its 180 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $18k–$48k net $32k–$74k gross; from 180 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 Chessarama out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Chessarama's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.8M–4.5M

best case 10.5M (Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition)

The Singleplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 2.4M copies.

A typical game

≈ 2.4M copies

≈ $18.1M after Steam's cut

from ~54k reviews

Best case

≈ 10.5M copies

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · ≈ $20.2M after Steam's cut

from 154k reviews

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 Tower Defense + Zombies, priced around $5.
The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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