How much revenue did Master of Chess make?

$40k–$108k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Master of Chess sell?

Q: How many copies did Master of Chess sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 295 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$166k before the cut; from 295 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 Master of Chess out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Master of Chess's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–6k

best case 15k (Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition)

Games like Master of Chess

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–6k copies

≈ $983–$36k after Steam's cut

from ~71 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: Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition at ≈ 12k–19k copies, ≈ $51k–$138k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 13 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 8 to 105.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Chess (6 of 8) and Turn-Based Tactics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Chess + Simulation, priced around $16.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of your 8 shipped in the last two years.

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 52 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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Dark Chess 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before the cut	$12.99	213 reviews Mostly Positive	ChessStrategy
Samurai Chess 2021	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $543–$1k after Steam's cut $987–$2k before the cut	$1.99	40 reviews Mostly Positive	ChessPuzzle
Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $93k–$212k before the cut	$15.99	280 reviews Mostly Positive	ChessStrategy
Wild Wild Chess 2021	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $393–$1k after Steam's cut $715–$2k before the cut	$1.99	29 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsTurn-Based Tactics
Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure (Chess) 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $39k–$88k before the cut	$19.99	127 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyChess
The Chess Variants Club 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before the cut	$4.99	55 reviews Very Positive	ChessTurn-Based Tactics
Ragnarok Chess 2021	Est. copies ≈ 918–1k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $502–$1k after Steam's cut $913–$2k before the cut	$1.99	37 reviews Mixed	SportsMythology
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