How much revenue did Causal Effect make?

$28–$73 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Causal Effect sell?

Q: How many copies did Causal Effect sell?

25 to 40 copies, based on its 1 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25–40; $28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$112 before the cut; from 1 reviews (1 user reviews); Thin evidence: 1 review. 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.

Does this actually work?

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 197k–327k

best case 356k (The Case of the Golden Idol)

Games like Causal Effect

The middle of these games

≈ 197k–327k copies

≈ $886k–$2.0M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: The Case of the Golden Idol at ≈ 271k–440k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 953 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Mystery (7 of 8) and Puzzle (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mystery + Detective, priced around $18.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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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The Case of the Golden Idol 2022	Est. copies ≈ 271k–440k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before the cut	$17.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MysteryDetective
The Rise of the Golden Idol 2024	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $562k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	MysteryInvestigation
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami 2024	Est. copies ≈ 166k–270k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $456k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $829k–$1.9M before the cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveInvestigation
No Case Should Remain Unsolved 2024	Est. copies ≈ 263k–427k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $505k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $918k–$2.1M before the cut	$6.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Interactive FictionPuzzle
The Operator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 219k–355k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $842k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$13.99	9k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveInvestigation
The Roottrees are Dead 2025	Est. copies ≈ 244k–397k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.6M before the cut	$19.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MysteryPuzzle
Puzzle Agent 2010	Est. copies ≈ 179k–291k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $246k–$662k after Steam's cut $448k–$1.0M before the cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure
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