How much revenue did Unboxing the Cryptic Killer make?

$111k–$299k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Unboxing the Cryptic Killer sell?

Q: How many copies did Unboxing the Cryptic Killer sell?

67k to 110k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 67k–110k; $111k–$299k after Steam's cut $202k–$459k before the cut; from 3k 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 Unboxing the Cryptic Killer out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Unboxing the Cryptic Killer's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 596k–629k

best case 1.5M (We Were Here)

Games like Unboxing the Cryptic Killer

The middle of these games

≈ 596k–629k copies

≈ $2.1M–$4.3M after Steam's cut

from ~18k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: We Were Here at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 724 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Co-op (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Escape Room. The breakout hits carry Free to Play + Horror + Co-op Campaign; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

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We Were Here Too 2018	Est. copies ≈ 342k–555k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $939k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before the cut	$9.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpEscape Room
We Were Here Together 2019	Est. copies ≈ 509k–827k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.5M before the cut	$12.99	18k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleOnline Co-Op
The Room 4: Old Sins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 454k–738k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before the cut	$8.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
We Were Here Forever 2022	Est. copies ≈ 466k–758k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before the cut	$17.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomOnline Co-Op
Escape Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 479k–779k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$10.9M before the cut	$19.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op
We Were Here 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	33k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCo-op
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two 2019	Est. copies ≈ 342k–556k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $564k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before the cut	$5.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op
The Past Within 2022	Est. copies ≈ 417k–677k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $686k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before the cut	$5.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Puzzle