How much revenue did Black Ink make?

$208k–$560k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Black Ink sell?

Q: How many copies did Black Ink sell?

22k to 35k copies, based on its 520 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–35k; $208k–$560k after Steam's cut $378k–$861k before the cut; from 520 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 Black Ink out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Black Ink's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 120k–807k

best case 40.4M (Wallpaper Engine)

Games like Black Ink

The middle of these games

≈ 120k–807k copies

≈ $1.7M–$23.7M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Wallpaper Engine at ≈ 30.8M–50.0M copies, ≈ $42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Software (8 of 8) and Design & Illustration (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2020, 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 31 for the most recent game here to about 70 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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Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 30.8M–50.0M 144x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut $76.8M–$174.6M before the cut	$4.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities
Crosshair X 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 6.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.7M before the cut	$9.99	45k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Movavi Video Suite 17 - Video Making Software - Video Editor, Video Converter, Screen Capture, and more 2018	Est. copies ≈ 97k–157k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Video ProductionAudio Production
Pixel Studio - pixel art editor 2019	Est. copies ≈ 176k–286k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Animation & ModelingPixel Graphics
Krita 2014	Est. copies ≈ 447k–727k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.1M before the cut	$9.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Design & IllustrationSoftware
YoloMouse - Cursor Changer 2020	Est. copies ≈ 74k–121k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $102k–$274k after Steam's cut $185k–$421k before the cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesDesign & Illustration
ShareX 2015	Est. copies ≈ 413k–671k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Photo EditingUtilities
Movavi Video Editor Plus 2020 - Video Editing Software 2019	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Video ProductionUtilities