How much revenue did Storm Tale make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Storm Tale sell?

Q: How many copies did Storm Tale sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 90 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut; from 90 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 Storm Tale and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Storm Tale's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–3k

best case 69k (You Must Build A Boat)

Games like Storm Tale

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–3k copies

≈ $3k–$8k after Steam's cut

from ~67 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: You Must Build A Boat at ≈ 53k–86k copies, ≈ $72k–$195k 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 7 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 57.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Match 3 (8 of 8) and Hidden Object (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Match 3 + Puzzle, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Action + RPG + Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, 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 61 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
Heart of Moon : The Mask of Seasons 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut	$5.99	37 reviews Positive	Match 3Casual
Mystika 3 : Awakening of the dragons 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$5.99	75 reviews Very Positive	CasualHidden Object
Jewel Match Twilight 3 Collector's Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$9.99	57 reviews Very Positive	Match 3Hidden Object
Tile Tale 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$4.99	51 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyArcade
Jewel Match Origins - Palais Imperial Collector's Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$9.99	67 reviews Very Positive	CasualHidden Object
SuiCats 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$1.99	108 reviews Very Positive	CasualArcade
Storm Tale 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$9.99	78 reviews Very Positive	CasualPuzzle
You Must Build A Boat 2015	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 16x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $72k–$195k after Steam's cut $132k–$299k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	CasualMatch 3