How much revenue did Black Ink make?

An estimated 200k to 538k net 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?

An estimated 21k to 34k copies, based on its 520 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 21k–34k; $200k–$538k net $364k–$828k gross; 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–760k

best case 39.9M (Wallpaper Engine)

The Software lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 367k copies.

A typical game

≈ 367k copies

≈ $1.6M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

Best case

≈ 39.9M copies

Wallpaper Engine · ≈ $76.9M after Steam's cut

from 1000k reviews

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 Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2020, 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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