How many copies did Block in the Lock sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 75 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Block in the Lock make?

Block in the Lock is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Block in the Lock?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 2k–4k; from 75 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 Block in the Lock and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Block in the Lock's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–50k

best case 192k (Patrick's Parabox)

Games like Block in the Lock

A typical game among these

≈ 11k–50k copies

≈ $24k–$137k after Steam's cut

from ~441 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Patrick's Parabox at ≈ 146k–237k copies, ≈ $803k–$2.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 136 reviews in their first month; the range was 41 to 897.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Sokoban (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Sokoban, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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
Patrick's Parabox 2022	Est. copies ≈ 146k–237k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $803k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleSokoban
English Country Tune 2012	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $39k–$106k after Steam's cut $71k–$163k before Steam's cut	$4.99	453 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleIndie
Yugo Puzzle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before Steam's cut	$5.99	336 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleIndie
Maxwell's puzzling demon 2024	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $44k–$118k after Steam's cut $80k–$181k before Steam's cut	$14.99	428 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleSokoban
Sokobond 2014	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $165k–$444k after Steam's cut $300k–$683k before Steam's cut	$14.99	715 reviews Very Positive	SokobanScience
Knight Swap 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$0.99	149 reviews Very Positive	SokobanPuzzle
Linelith 2022	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $31k–$82k after Steam's cut $56k–$127k before Steam's cut	$2.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
SOK 2017	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $20k–$45k before Steam's cut	$4.99	229 reviews Very Positive	CasualPuzzle