How much revenue did Train of Thoughts make?

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

How many copies did Train of Thoughts sell?

Q: How many copies did Train of Thoughts sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$113 before the cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Thin evidence: 2 reviews. 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 Train of Thoughts out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Train of Thoughts's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–267k

best case 666k (Her Story)

Games like Train of Thoughts

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–267k copies

≈ $2k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Her Story at ≈ 507k–824k copies, ≈ $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 248 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Choose Your Own Adventure (5 of 8) and Word Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Investigation + Typing, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, 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).

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Her Story 2015	Est. copies ≈ 507k–824k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before the cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	InvestigationTyping
Homicipher 2024	Est. copies ≈ 206k–334k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $791k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before the cut	$13.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorOtome
Tell Me Everything 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $596–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut	$0.99	72 reviews Mixed	InvestigationWord Game
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Far Away 2021	Est. copies ≈ 203k–330k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $725k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before the cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerVisual Novel
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