How much revenue did Rescue Q make?

$142–$385 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rescue Q sell?

Q: How many copies did Rescue Q sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $142–$385 after Steam's cut $259–$592 before the cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Thin evidence: 3 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 Rescue Q out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rescue Q's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 37k–111k

best case 926k (Baba Is You)

Games like Rescue Q

The middle of these games

≈ 37k–111k copies

≈ $85k–$780k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: Baba Is You at ≈ 705k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 197 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 188 to 394.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Sokoban (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Logic, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Programming + Cute; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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 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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Stephen's Sausage Roll 2016	Est. copies ≈ 84k–136k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $692k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut	$29.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleIndie
Linelith 2022	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before the cut	$2.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
Baba Is You 2019	Est. copies ≈ 705k–1.1M 18x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before the cut	$14.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleIndie
Void Stranger 2023	Est. copies ≈ 89k–144k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $292k–$785k after Steam's cut $531k–$1.2M before the cut	$11.99	4k reviews Very Positive	MysteryPuzzle
Chip's Challenge 1 2015	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	967 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleSokoban
Chuck's Challenge 3D 2020 2014	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$137k before the cut	$9.99	216 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleSokoban
Ittle Dew 2013	Est. copies ≈ 85k–138k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $467k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $848k–$1.9M before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Wilmot Works It Out 2024	Est. copies ≈ 21k–33k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $85k–$228k after Steam's cut $154k–$351k before the cut	$14.99	829 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle