How much revenue did Tandis make?

$25k–$67k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tandis sell?

Q: How many copies did Tandis sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 242 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $45k–$102k before Steam's cut; from 242 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 Tandis and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tandis's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–10k

best case 65k (Proverbs)

Games like Tandis

A typical game among these

≈ 8k–10k copies

≈ $23k–$36k after Steam's cut

from ~244 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Proverbs at ≈ 50k–81k copies, ≈ $123k–$332k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 144 reviews in their first month; the range was 15 to 253.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (5 of 8) and First-Person (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Match 3 + Puzzle, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, and 1 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 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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Chains 2009	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	610 reviews Mostly Positive	Match 3Puzzle
Family curse 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before Steam's cut	$6.99	244 reviews Very Positive	Horror Puzzle
Proverbs 2024	Est. copies ≈ 50k–81k 8.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $123k–$332k after Steam's cut $224k–$510k before Steam's cut	$8.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
Frame of Mind 2021	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	940 reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer
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Vectronom 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $47k–$108k before Steam's cut	$9.99	329 reviews Very Positive	RhythmPuzzle-Platformer
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Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$36k after Steam's cut $24k–$55k before Steam's cut	$8.99	188 reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzlePoint & Click