How much revenue did Patrick's Parabox make?

$803k–$2.2M 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?

146k to 237k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 146k–237k; $803k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut; from 6k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Patrick's Parabox and predicted how it would do from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Patrick's Parabox's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 55k–996k

best case 935k (Baba Is You)

Games like Patrick's Parabox

A typical game among these

≈ 55k–996k copies

≈ $462k–$8.6M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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 4 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Baba Is You at ≈ 712k–1.2M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (4 of 4) and Exploration (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Logic, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games 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 ≈ 44k–71k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $241k–$648k after Steam's cut $438k–$997k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleOpen World
The Witness 2016	Est. copies ≈ 900k–1.5M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.9M–$26.6M after Steam's cut $18.0M–$40.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	22k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleExploration
Baba Is You 2019	Est. copies ≈ 712k–1.2M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleIndie
Taiji 2022	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $254k–$682k after Steam's cut $461k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleNonlinear