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How many copies did Grandmaster's Revenge sell?
Estimated copies sold
≈ 216–351
$475–$1k net $863–$2k gross
from 9 reviews (9 user reviews)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–31k
best case 308k (5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel)
The Strategy lane

A niche genre: modest ceilings, most sell around 18k copies, so plan for a small audience.

A typical game
≈ 18k copies
≈ $90k after Steam's cut
from ~564 reviews
Best case
≈ 308k copies
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel · ≈ $1.4M after Steam's cut
from 9k reviews
A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it.

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 Chess + Time Travel, priced around $12.
  • The breakout hits carry Time Travel + Time Manipulation + Turn-Based Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
  • The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
  • A typical game here lands in Silver ($10k–$250k before Steam's cut, est.); the best case reaches Diamond ($1M+). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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≈ 26k–42k
1.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
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897 reviews
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StrategyArtificial Intelligence +6
2016
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276 reviews
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2019
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≈ 12k–19k
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2021
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1.6x vs typical
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884 reviews
Very Positive
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16x vs typical
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Overwhelmingly Positive
ChessTime Travel +6
2018
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≈ 37k–60k
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≈ 5k–9k
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564 reviews
Very Positive
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