How much revenue did I Was Wrong make?

$20–$55 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did I Was Wrong sell?

Q: How many copies did I Was Wrong sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $20–$55 after Steam's cut $37–$84 before the cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Thin evidence: 3 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 I Was Wrong out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including I Was Wrong's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 219–1k

best case 16k (Tested on Humans: Escape Room)

Games like I Was Wrong

The middle of these games

≈ 219–1k copies

≈ $326–$7k after Steam's cut

from ~18 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tested on Humans: Escape Room at ≈ 13k–20k copies, ≈ $34k–$93k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 72 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (6 of 8) and Hidden Object (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Escape Room + Puzzle, priced around $10.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 36 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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Tested on Humans: Escape Room 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13k–20k 29x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34k–$93k after Steam's cut $63k–$143k before the cut	$9.99	506 reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomPuzzle
Diamond Hunter 2020	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $62–$164 after Steam's cut $112–$252 before the cut	$8.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	AdventureRPG
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