How much revenue did Gems of the Aztecs make?

$36k–$96k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gems of the Aztecs sell?

Q: How many copies did Gems of the Aztecs sell?

9k to 14k copies, based on its 208 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–14k; $36k–$96k after Steam's cut $65k–$148k before the cut; from 208 reviews (Mostly 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 Gems of the Aztecs out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gems of the Aztecs's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–130k

best case 563k (Zuma Deluxe)

Games like Gems of the Aztecs

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–130k copies

≈ $8k–$185k after Steam's cut

from ~196 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Zuma Deluxe at ≈ 429k–697k copies, ≈ $588k–$1.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Arcade (8 of 8) and Match 3 (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Match 3 + Puzzle, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 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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