How much revenue did Rinlo make?

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

How many copies did Rinlo sell?

Q: How many copies did Rinlo sell?

794 to 1k copies, based on its 32 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 794–1k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut; from 32 reviews (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 Rinlo and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rinlo's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 52k–175k

best case 165k (Syberia: The World Before)

Games like Rinlo

A typical game among these

≈ 52k–175k copies

≈ $527k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Syberia: The World Before at ≈ 125k–204k copies, ≈ $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 720 reviews in their first month; the range was 544 to 815.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Exploration (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Point & Click, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2023, 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 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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Riven (1997) 2010	Est. copies ≈ 91k–147k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $149k–$401k after Steam's cut $271k–$617k before Steam's cut	$5.99	1k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Quern - Undying Thoughts 2016	Est. copies ≈ 170k–277k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Teslagrad 2013	Est. copies ≈ 157k–254k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $430k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $782k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Submachine: Legacy 2023	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $249k–$670k after Steam's cut $453k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePoint & Click
Firmament 2023	Est. copies ≈ 41k–66k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $393k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $714k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Syberia: The World Before 2022	Est. copies ≈ 125k–204k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	AdventureStory Rich
Stacking 2012	Est. copies ≈ 117k–191k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $322k–$866k after Steam's cut $586k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Syberia: The World Before - Prologue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePuzzle