How much revenue did The Swindle make?

$128k–$343k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Swindle sell?

Q: How many copies did The Swindle sell?

31k to 50k copies, based on its 635 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 31k–50k; $128k–$343k after Steam's cut $232k–$528k before the cut; from 635 reviews (Mixed)

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 The Swindle out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Swindle's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 173k–2.4M

best case 55.9M (PAYDAY 2)

Games like The Swindle

The middle of these games

≈ 173k–2.4M copies

≈ $978k–$12.7M after Steam's cut

from ~23k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: PAYDAY 2 at ≈ 42.6M–69.2M copies, ≈ $117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Stealth (7 of 8) and Heist (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + FPS, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 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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HITMAN™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	37k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
PAYDAY™ The Heist 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $7.1M–$19.1M after Steam's cut $12.9M–$29.4M before the cut	$9.99	41k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine 2013	Est. copies ≈ 539k–875k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.2M before the cut	$14.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Stealth
Thief Simulator 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 167k–271k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $915k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before the cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Stealth
American Theft 80s 2022	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $145k–$390k after Steam's cut $264k–$600k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionStealth
PAYDAY 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.6M–69.2M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut $212.8M–$484.2M before the cut	$9.99	674k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction
The Masterplan 2015	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $141k–$378k after Steam's cut $256k–$581k before the cut	$19.99	524 reviews Mixed	HeistAction
Thief Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.0M–$27.4M before the cut	$19.99	40k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Stealth