How much revenue did Chess Pills make?

An estimated 1k to 3k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Chess Pills sell?

Q: How many copies did Chess Pills sell?

An estimated 1k to 2k copies, based on its 42 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$3k net $2k–$5k gross; from 42 reviews (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 Chess Pills out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Chess Pills's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–2.9M

best case 3.4M (Dota Underlords)

The Board Game lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 2.0M copies.

A typical game

≈ 2.0M copies

≈ $5.5M after Steam's cut

from ~43k reviews

Best case

≈ 3.4M copies

Dota Underlords

from 91k reviews

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is too small to compare.

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 + Strategy, priced around $8.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2022, 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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