How much revenue did Scene Investigators make?

$177k–$476k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Scene Investigators sell?

Q: How many copies did Scene Investigators sell?

26k to 42k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 26k–42k; $177k–$476k after Steam's cut $322k–$732k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Scene Investigators and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Scene Investigators's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 526k–658k

best case 1.3M (Unheard - Voices of Crime)

Games like Scene Investigators

A typical game among these

≈ 526k–658k copies

≈ $3.3M–$4.9M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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: Unheard - Voices of Crime at ≈ 981k–1.6M copies, ≈ $1.9M–$5.1M 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 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 724 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Mystery (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Puzzle, priced around $7. The breakout hits carry Horror + RPG + Simulation; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2025, and 3 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 36 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
Unheard - Voices of Crime 2019	Est. copies ≈ 981k–1.6M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.8M before Steam's cut	$6.99	34k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectivePuzzle
Escape Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 482k–783k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$11.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op
Cyber Manhunt 2021	Est. copies ≈ 390k–634k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationRPG
Strange Horticulture 2022	Est. copies ≈ 401k–652k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before Steam's cut	$15.99	16k reviews Very Positive	MysteryPuzzle
The Case of the Golden Idol 2022	Est. copies ≈ 273k–444k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$17.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MysteryDetective
Murders on the Yangtze River 2024	Est. copies ≈ 528k–858k 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
Blue Prince 2025	Est. copies ≈ 501k–814k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.1M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	20k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleExploration
Enigma of Fear 2024	Est. copies ≈ 257k–417k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MysteryInvestigation