How much revenue did Tumblebugs make?

$17k–$47k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tumblebugs sell?

Q: How many copies did Tumblebugs sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 127 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $17k–$47k after Steam's cut $31k–$72k before the cut; from 127 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 Tumblebugs out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tumblebugs's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–9k

best case 563k (Zuma Deluxe)

Games like Tumblebugs

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–9k copies

≈ $4k–$11k after Steam's cut

from ~93 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Zuma Deluxe at ≈ 429k–697k copies, ≈ $588k–$1.6M 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 113 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 17 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Match 3 (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Match 3 + Puzzle, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Funny + Match 3 + Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2025, and 2 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
Zuma Deluxe 2006	Est. copies ≈ 429k–697k 73x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $588k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before the cut	$4.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Match 3Puzzle
SuiCats 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$1.99	108 reviews Very Positive	CasualArcade
Candy Blast 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before the cut	$4.99	195 reviews Mixed	ClickerPuzzle
Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$26k before the cut	$6.99	78 reviews Very Positive	CasualIndie
Tiny Bubbles 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before the cut	$9.99	52 reviews Very Positive	PuzzlePhysics
Fruit Salad 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before the cut	$1.99	318 reviews Very Positive	Match 3Casual
POPUCOM 2025	Est. copies ≈ 105k–170k 45x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $575k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAdventure
Elemental Realms 2024	Est. copies ≈ 843–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $925–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$3.99	34 reviews Positive	CasualStrategy