How much revenue did Chains make?

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

How many copies did Chains sell?

Q: How many copies did Chains sell?

38k to 63k copies, based on its 609 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 38k–63k; from 609 reviews (Mostly 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 Chains out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Chains's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 63k–361k

best case 675k (Bejeweled® 3)

Games like Chains

The middle of these games

≈ 63k–361k copies

≈ $54k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Bejeweled® 3 at ≈ 514k–835k copies, ≈ $706k–$1.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Match 3 (6 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Match 3, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2019, 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 36 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).

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Hentai Asmodeus 2019	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before the cut	$1.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Sexual ContentNudity
Zuma's Revenge! 2009	Est. copies ≈ 223k–363k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $306k–$823k after Steam's cut $557k–$1.3M before the cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	CasualAction
Bejeweled® 3 2010	Est. copies ≈ 514k–835k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $706k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut	$4.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual
Intergalactic Bubbles 2015	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$132k before the cut	$1.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIndie
Tumblestone 2016	Est. copies ≈ 82k–134k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $566k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual
Zuma Deluxe 2006	Est. copies ≈ 430k–699k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $591k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before the cut	$4.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Match 3Puzzle
CATGIRL LOVER 2019	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before the cut	$1.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Sexual ContentNudity
Ninja Stealth 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $50k–$115k before the cut	$4.99	588 reviews Very Positive	StealthStrategy