How much revenue did Sandmade make?

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

How many copies did Sandmade sell?

Q: How many copies did Sandmade sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 242 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut; from 242 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 Sandmade out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sandmade's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 168k–469k

best case 571k (Hook)

Games like Sandmade

The middle of these games

≈ 168k–469k copies

≈ $281k–$662k after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Hook at ≈ 435k–707k copies, ≈ $358k–$962k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Logic (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Abstract, priced around $3.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2021, 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 70 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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Hexcells Plus 2014	Est. copies ≈ 158k–257k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $130k–$350k after Steam's cut $237k–$539k before the cut	$2.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleIndie
Understand 2020	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $23k–$61k after Steam's cut $41k–$94k before the cut	$3.99	838 reviews Very Positive	AbstractMinimalist
Hook 2015	Est. copies ≈ 435k–707k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $358k–$962k after Steam's cut $651k–$1.5M before the cut	$2.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
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