How many copies did Ishmael sell?

An estimated 3k to 4k copies, based on its 83 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Ishmael make?

Ishmael is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Ishmael?

Estimated owners: ≈ 3k–4k; from 83 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 Ishmael out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ishmael's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 324k–399k

best case 1.6M (The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series)

The Story Rich lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 324k copies, with a few that break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 324k copies

≈ $2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.6M copies

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series · ≈ $30.5M after Steam's cut

from 46k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

5 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 3 are breakout hits far above it.

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 Story Rich, priced around $32.
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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