How much revenue did Move Code Lines make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Move Code Lines sell?

Q: How many copies did Move Code Lines sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 93 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut; from 93 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 Move Code Lines and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Move Code Lines's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 25k–233k

best case 188k (Turing Complete)

Games like Move Code Lines

A typical game among these

≈ 25k–233k copies

≈ $79k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Turing Complete at ≈ 144k–233k copies, ≈ $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 208 reviews in their first month; the range was 22 to 701.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Automation (8 of 8) and Education (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Programming + Logic, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 3 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Turing Complete 2021	Est. copies ≈ 144k–233k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingLogic
Code, Solve, Revolt! 2026	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut	$11.99	24 reviews Positive	ProgrammingCoding
A=B 2022	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$132k before Steam's cut	$4.99	938 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleProgramming
Hexahedra 2024	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$20.00	29 reviews Positive	PuzzleProgramming
Virtual Circuit Board 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$137k before Steam's cut	$14.99	323 reviews Very Positive	SimulationProgramming
Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft 2026	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $72k–$193k after Steam's cut $130k–$296k before Steam's cut	$14.99	701 reviews Very Positive	EducationProgramming
SHENZHEN I/O 2016	Est. copies ≈ 189k–306k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $777k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingAutomation
Human Resource Machine 2015	Est. copies ≈ 230k–373k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $946k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle