How much revenue did Quell make?

$24k–$65k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Quell sell?

Q: How many copies did Quell sell?

22k to 36k copies, based on its 452 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–36k; $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$100k before the cut; from 452 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 Quell out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Quell's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 147k–256k

best case 150k (I commissioned some bees 0)

Games like Quell

The middle of these games

≈ 147k–256k copies

≈ $681k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: I commissioned some bees 0 at ≈ 115k–186k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 341 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 9 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Hand-drawn (6 of 8) and Hidden Object (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hidden Object + Nature.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2023, and none of them 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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The Bridge 2013	Est. copies ≈ 275k–447k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $756k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerHand-drawn
I commissioned some bees 0 2023	Est. copies ≈ 115k–186k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Hidden ObjectNature
The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo 2023	Est. copies ≈ 27k–45k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $113k–$304k after Steam's cut $206k–$468k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
Subway Midnight 2021	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $90k–$241k after Steam's cut $163k–$371k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Psychological HorrorColorful
100 hidden eternals 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before the cut	$0.99	686 reviews Very Positive	CasualHidden Object
100 hidden aliens 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before the cut	$0.99	536 reviews Very Positive	CasualHidden Object
100 hidden snails 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before the cut	$0.99	620 reviews Very Positive	CasualHidden Object
When The Past Was Around 2020	Est. copies ≈ 110k–178k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $241k–$647k after Steam's cut $438k–$996k before the cut	$7.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CuteHidden Object