How much revenue did Purple Place - Classic Games make?

$35k–$95k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Purple Place - Classic Games sell?

Q: How many copies did Purple Place - Classic Games sell?

64k to 104k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 64k–104k; $35k–$95k after Steam's cut $64k–$146k before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Very Positive)

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 Purple Place - Classic Games and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Purple Place - Classic Games's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 48k–59k

best case 693k (Murders on the Yangtze River)

Games like Purple Place - Classic Games

A typical game among these

≈ 48k–59k copies

≈ $282k–$445k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Murders on the Yangtze River at ≈ 528k–858k copies, ≈ $2.2M–$5.9M 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 531 reviews in their first month; the range was 210 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Logic (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Puzzle, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Detective + Story Rich + Drama; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 61 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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Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? 2024	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $173k–$465k after Steam's cut $315k–$715k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureHorror
The Eyes of Ara 2016	Est. copies ≈ 36k–58k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $146k–$394k after Steam's cut $266k–$606k before Steam's cut	$14.99	854 reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Chip's Challenge 1 2015	Est. copies ≈ 48k–77k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	976 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleSokoban
Submachine: Legacy 2023	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $249k–$670k after Steam's cut $453k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePoint & Click
Murders on the Yangtze River 2024	Est. copies ≈ 528k–858k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveAdventure
Last Call BBS 2022	Est. copies ≈ 40k–64k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $218k–$585k after Steam's cut $396k–$900k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleRetro
Moonleap 2023	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $91k–$244k after Steam's cut $165k–$375k before Steam's cut	$8.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MinimalistPuzzle-Platformer
Lightmatter 2020	Est. copies ≈ 72k–117k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $396k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $721k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	LogicIndie