How much revenue did 3D Chess Online make?

$183–$490 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 3D Chess Online sell?

Q: How many copies did 3D Chess Online sell?

670 to 1k copies, based on its 27 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 670–1k; $183–$490 after Steam's cut $332–$754 before the cut; from 27 reviews (Mixed)

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 3D Chess Online out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 3D Chess Online's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–60k

best case 4.8M (Tabletop Simulator)

Games like 3D Chess Online

The middle of these games

≈ 9k–60k copies

≈ $18k–$202k after Steam's cut

from ~288 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tabletop Simulator at ≈ 3.6M–5.9M copies, ≈ $19.9M–$53.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 20 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 19 to 242.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Board Game (6 of 8) and Chess (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tabletop + Board Game, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, and 1 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Tabletop Simulator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 258x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $19.9M–$53.6M after Steam's cut $36.2M–$82.4M before the cut	$19.99	74k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TabletopBoard Game
3D Chess 2016	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before the cut	$4.99	174 reviews Mixed	StrategyCasual
KNIGHTS 2016	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before the cut	$0.99	826 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleTabletop
Master of Chess 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$166k before the cut	$19.99	295 reviews Very Positive	ChessTurn-Based Tactics
The Chess Variants Club 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before the cut	$4.99	55 reviews Very Positive	ChessTurn-Based Tactics
Tabletop Playground 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $27k–$74k after Steam's cut $50k–$114k before the cut	$14.99	269 reviews Mixed	IndieSimulation
Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $93k–$212k before the cut	$15.99	280 reviews Mostly Positive	ChessStrategy
Chess Ultra 2017	Est. copies ≈ 80k–129k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $284k–$764k after Steam's cut $517k–$1.2M before the cut	$12.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyChess