How much revenue did Paper Trail make?

An estimated 122k to 327k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Paper Trail sell?

Q: How many copies did Paper Trail sell?

An estimated 22k to 36k copies, based on its 921 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–36k; $122k–$327k net $221k–$503k gross; from 921 reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Paper Trail out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Paper Trail's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 691k–1.1M

best case 1.5M (We Were Here)

The Casual lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 1.0M copies.

A typical game

≈ 1.0M copies

≈ $1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~17k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.5M copies

We Were Here

from 33k 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 Free to Play + Co-op, priced around $7.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2021, 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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