How much revenue did Poems & Codes make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Poems & Codes sell?

Q: How many copies did Poems & Codes sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 87 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before the cut; from 87 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 Poems & Codes out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Poems & Codes's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–23k

best case 27k (Lingo)

Games like Poems & Codes

The middle of these games

≈ 14k–23k copies

≈ $51k–$99k after Steam's cut

from ~467 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: Lingo at ≈ 20k–33k copies, ≈ $56k–$150k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 141 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3 to 234.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Word Game (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + First-Person, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2025, and 3 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 79 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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Lingo 2 2025	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$132k before the cut	$9.99	467 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Mini Words - minimalist puzzle 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut	$1.99	183 reviews Very Positive	Word GamePuzzle
Word Factori 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$80k before the cut	$5.99	474 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleProgramming
Prose & Codes 2022	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $23k–$62k after Steam's cut $42k–$95k before the cut	$9.99	338 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleWord Game
Puzzler World 2010	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $35k–$95k after Steam's cut $64k–$146k before the cut	$4.99	407 reviews Very Positive	CasualPuzzle
LOK Digital 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $58k–$155k after Steam's cut $105k–$238k before the cut	$14.99	564 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Hand-drawnPuzzle
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