How much revenue did Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure make?

An estimated 376k to 1.0M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure sell?

Q: How many copies did Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure sell?

An estimated 68k to 111k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 68k–111k; $376k–$1.0M net $684k–$1.6M gross; from 1k 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 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 145k–242k

best case 630k (Her Story)

The FMV lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 204k copies.

A typical game

≈ 204k copies

≈ $948k after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

Best case

≈ 630k copies

Her Story · ≈ $2.4M after Steam's cut

from 10k 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 Investigation + Typing, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, 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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