How much revenue did Cryptmaster make?

$390k–$1.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cryptmaster sell?

Q: How many copies did Cryptmaster sell?

57k to 92k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 57k–92k; $390k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $709k–$1.6M before the cut; from 2k 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 Cryptmaster out and predicted the genre from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Cryptmaster's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–48k

best case 82k (Glyphica: Typing Survival)

Games like Cryptmaster

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–48k copies

≈ $4k–$187k after Steam's cut

from ~886 reviews

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

1 of your 5 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Glyphica: Typing Survival at ≈ 62k–101k copies, ≈ $171k–$461k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 183 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 625.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Word Game (4 of 5) and Puzzle (2 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Typing + Action Roguelike, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of your 5 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 52 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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灵墟 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $74k–$199k after Steam's cut $135k–$307k before the cut	$10.99	989 reviews Very Positive	IndieExploration
Glyphica: Typing Survival 2024	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $171k–$461k after Steam's cut $311k–$708k before the cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessTyping
Typoman 2016	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $101k–$272k after Steam's cut $184k–$419k before the cut	$9.99	886 reviews Very Positive	2DWord Game
My Mud Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $765–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$15.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	Text-BasedIndie
Words of Yendor 2023	Est. copies ≈ 918–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut	$7.99	37 reviews Positive	SpellingTyping