How much revenue did Sorting Inc make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sorting Inc sell?

Q: How many copies did Sorting Inc sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 113 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before the cut; from 113 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 Sorting Inc out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sorting Inc's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–9k

best case 15k (Locked In Mind)

Games like Sorting Inc

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–9k copies

≈ $3k–$25k after Steam's cut

from ~205 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Locked In Mind at ≈ 12k–19k copies, ≈ $13k–$34k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 37 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 413.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Cozy (8 of 8) and Logic (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Cozy, priced around $4.
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 of about 31, 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
Factory Islands 2024	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $272–$731 after Steam's cut $494–$1k before the cut	$2.49	16 reviews Positive	CasualPuzzle
SokoWinter 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $358–$962 after Steam's cut $650–$1k before the cut	$0.99	53 reviews Very Positive	SokobanCute
Nurikabe World 2025	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $25k–$58k before the cut	$9.99	205 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleStrategy
Locked In Mind 2024	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$52k before the cut	$3.99	466 reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Cozy
Top Burger Shop Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34–$91 after Steam's cut $62–$140 before the cut	$4.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Early AccessSimulation
Instant Farmer - Logic Puzzle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$1.99	243 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleLogic
Barbershop Simulator VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before the cut	$14.99	88 reviews Mostly Positive	Job SimulatorCozy
Dealer's Life Legend 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $30k–$79k after Steam's cut $54k–$122k before the cut	$14.99	289 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessCozy