How much revenue did Unlock The King make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Unlock The King sell?

Q: How many copies did Unlock The King sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 404 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut; from 404 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 Unlock The King and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Unlock The King's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–11k

best case 19k (THE IMPOSSIBLE)

Games like Unlock The King

A typical game among these

≈ 5k–11k copies

≈ $6k–$28k after Steam's cut

from ~152 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: THE IMPOSSIBLE at ≈ 15k–24k copies, ≈ $20k–$54k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 40 reviews in their first month; the range was 15 to 205.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sokoban (8 of 8) and Puzzle (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Horror, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 2 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 61 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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Lab Rat 2025	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $53k–$143k after Steam's cut $96k–$219k before Steam's cut	$19.99	389 reviews Very Positive	Dark HumorPuzzle
Parcel 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $19k–$44k before Steam's cut	$4.99	160 reviews Very Positive	SokobanIndie
Flux Caves 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$4.99	70 reviews Very Positive	SokobanPuzzle-Platformer
THE IMPOSSIBLE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $36k–$83k before Steam's cut	$4.99	588 reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Horror
Don't Touch this Button! 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$3.99	143 reviews Very Positive	CasualPuzzle
Unlock The King 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $851–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$0.99	126 reviews Mostly Positive	SokobanFuturistic
The Electrifying Incident: A Monster Mini-Expedition 2025	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut	$4.99	214 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleSokoban
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