How much revenue did Word Game make?

$1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Word Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Word Game sell?

154k to 250k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 154k–250k; $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before the cut; from 6k 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 Word Game out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Word Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 163k–240k

best case 631k (Her Story)

The Choose Your Own Adventure genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 163k–240k copies

≈ $867k–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

Best case

≈ 480k–781k copies

Her Story · ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

The launch: The games that made it here had roughly 171 to 2k reviews in their first month.
Your set: Your set clusters on Choose Your Own Adventure (6 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Investigation + Typing, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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