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How many copies did Aqua Marbles - Ocean sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 174–282
$382–$1k after Steam's cut $695–$2k before the cut
from 7 reviews (7 user reviews)
Thin evidence: 7 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Aqua Marbles - Ocean out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Aqua Marbles - Ocean's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 222k–591k
best case 794k (Gems of War - Puzzle RPG)
Games like Aqua Marbles - Ocean

The middle of these games

≈ 222k–591k copies

≈ $955k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Gems of War - Puzzle RPG at ≈ 605k–984k copies.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Match 3 (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Match 3 + Puzzle.
The era
The games you compared span 2006 to 2019, and none of them 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 36 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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