How much revenue did Murder by Numbers make?

$173k–$465k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Murder by Numbers sell?

Q: How many copies did Murder by Numbers sell?

42k to 68k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 42k–68k; $173k–$465k after Steam's cut $315k–$715k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Murder by Numbers and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Murder by Numbers's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 163k–407k

best case 581k (Sanfu)

Games like Murder by Numbers

A typical game among these

≈ 163k–407k copies

≈ $1.9M–$2.6M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Sanfu at ≈ 443k–720k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 771 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (6 of 8) and Detective (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mystery + Drama, priced around $11.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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
Tangle Tower 2019	Est. copies ≈ 196k–319k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectivePoint & Click
No Case Should Remain Unsolved 2024	Est. copies ≈ 266k–433k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $512k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $930k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$6.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Interactive FictionPuzzle
Syberia: The World Before 2022	Est. copies ≈ 125k–204k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	AdventureStory Rich
Her Story 2015	Est. copies ≈ 509k–827k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	InvestigationTyping
Sanfu 2023	Est. copies ≈ 443k–720k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$10.99	18k reviews Very Positive	MysteryRPG
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy 2024	Est. copies ≈ 111k–181k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AdventureVisual Novel
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection 2024	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureInvestigation
The Operator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 220k–358k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $848k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$13.99	9k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveInvestigation