How much revenue did Patrick's Parabox make?

$793k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Patrick's Parabox sell?

Q: How many copies did Patrick's Parabox sell?

144k to 234k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 144k–234k; $793k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before the cut; from 6k 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 Patrick's Parabox out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Patrick's Parabox's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 54k–988k

best case 929k (Baba Is You)

Games like Patrick's Parabox

The middle of these games

≈ 54k–988k copies

≈ $453k–$8.5M after Steam's cut

from ~12k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Baba Is You at ≈ 708k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (4 of 4) and Exploration (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Logic, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2022, 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 31 for the most recent game here to about 52 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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A Monster's Expedition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $236k–$635k after Steam's cut $429k–$977k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleOpen World
The Witness 2016	Est. copies ≈ 889k–1.4M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.8M–$26.3M after Steam's cut $17.8M–$40.4M before the cut	$39.99	21k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleExploration
Baba Is You 2019	Est. copies ≈ 708k–1.1M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before the cut	$14.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleIndie
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