How much revenue did Kombine make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kombine sell?

Q: How many copies did Kombine sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 151 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut; from 151 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 Kombine out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kombine's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–15k

best case 50k (Chains)

Games like Kombine

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–15k copies

≈ $14k–$61k after Steam's cut

from ~235 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: Chains at ≈ 38k–62k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 32 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7 to 60.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Match 3 (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Match 3 + Puzzle.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2020, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Chains 2009	Est. copies ≈ 38k–62k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	608 reviews Mostly Positive	Match 3Puzzle
Dissembler 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before the cut	$4.99	117 reviews Very Positive	IndieLogic
Puzzle - LINES AND KNOTS 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$48k after Steam's cut $32k–$74k before the cut	$9.99	261 reviews Very Positive	CasualPuzzle
Minesweeper: Collector 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before the cut	$7.99	137 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Sagrada 2020	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $30k–$81k after Steam's cut $55k–$124k before the cut	$9.99	440 reviews Very Positive	Board GameTabletop
Purino Party 2016	Est. copies ≈ 11k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $38k–$102k after Steam's cut $69k–$157k before the cut	$11.99	276 reviews Mixed	PuzzleMatch 3
Puzzle - STONE BLOCKS 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$33k before the cut	$10.99	108 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleLogic
Gems of the Aztecs 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $36k–$96k after Steam's cut $65k–$148k before the cut	$14.99	208 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualMatch 3