How much revenue did Asian Riddles make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Asian Riddles sell?

Q: How many copies did Asian Riddles sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 43 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before the cut; from 43 reviews (Mixed)

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 Asian Riddles out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Asian Riddles's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 222k–592k

best case 795k (Gems of War - Puzzle RPG)

Games like Asian Riddles

The middle of these games

≈ 222k–592k copies

≈ $958k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Gems of War - Puzzle RPG at ≈ 606k–985k copies.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Match 3 (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Match 3 + Puzzle.
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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