How much revenue did Pentiment make?

$1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pentiment sell?

Q: How many copies did Pentiment sell?

231k to 375k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 231k–375k; $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before the cut; from 10k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 202k–563k

best case 659k (Murders on the Yangtze River)

The Puzzle genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 202k–563k copies

≈ $2.2M–$4.5M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

Best case

≈ 502k–816k copies

Murders on the Yangtze River · ≈ $2.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Story Rich (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Puzzle, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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