How much revenue did Detective Ridelle make?

An estimated 9k to 23k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Detective Ridelle sell?

Q: How many copies did Detective Ridelle sell?

An estimated 2k to 3k copies, based on its 88 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $9k–$23k net $16k–$36k gross; from 88 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 Detective Ridelle out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Detective Ridelle's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 254k–326k

best case 351k (AI: The Somnium Files)

The Puzzle lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 271k copies.

A typical game

≈ 271k copies

≈ $2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

Best case

≈ 351k copies

AI: The Somnium Files · ≈ $2.7M after Steam's cut

from 9k reviews

5 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 3 are 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 Visual Novel + Anime, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2016 to 2023, 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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