How much revenue did Telling Lies make?

An estimated 207k to 556k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Telling Lies sell?

Q: How many copies did Telling Lies sell?

An estimated 38k to 61k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 38k–61k; $207k–$556k net $376k–$856k gross; from 1k 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 Telling Lies out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Telling Lies's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 94k–251k

best case 630k (Her Story)

The Point & Click lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 166k copies.

A typical game

≈ 166k copies

≈ $709k after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

Best case

≈ 630k copies

Her Story · ≈ $2.4M after Steam's cut

from 10k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Investigation + Typing, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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