How much revenue did Tamarin make?

$26k–$70k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tamarin sell?

Q: How many copies did Tamarin sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 127 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $47k–$107k before Steam's cut; from 127 reviews (Mixed)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Tamarin and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tamarin's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 565k–1.9M

best case 38.8M (Portal 2)

Games like Tamarin

A typical game among these

≈ 565k–1.9M copies

≈ $5.2M–$14.0M after Steam's cut

from ~19k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.5M–48.0M copies, ≈ $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 3D Platformer (6 of 8) and Action-Adventure (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Puzzle + Dark Humor + Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 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
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–48.0M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut $147.5M–$335.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	467k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Chained Together 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	64k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAdventure
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 2023	Est. copies ≈ 451k–732k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$20.0M after Steam's cut $13.5M–$30.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Adventure3D Platformer
Psychonauts 2006	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.0M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	19k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerComedy
Sonic Frontiers 2022	Est. copies ≈ 709k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.0M after Steam's cut $14.2M–$32.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackOpen World
Mirror's Edge™ 2009	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.7M–$36.8M after Steam's cut $24.9M–$56.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventureParkour
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst 2020	Est. copies ≈ 411k–668k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	17k reviews Mostly Positive	ParkourFemale Protagonist
Psychonauts 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 360k–586k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	3D PlatformerStory Rich