How much revenue did Time Loader make?

$31k–$85k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Time Loader sell?

Q: How many copies did Time Loader sell?

14k to 23k copies, based on its 578 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–23k; $31k–$85k after Steam's cut $57k–$130k before Steam's cut; from 578 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 Time Loader and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Time Loader's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 84k–276k

best case 693k (Murders on the Yangtze River)

Games like Time Loader

A typical game among these

≈ 84k–276k copies

≈ $556k–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Murders on the Yangtze River at ≈ 528k–858k copies, ≈ $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 634 reviews in their first month; the range was 91 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Mystery (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Puzzle, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2025, 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 36 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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Tangle Tower 2019	Est. copies ≈ 196k–319k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectivePoint & Click
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise 2019	Est. copies ≈ 180k–293k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $992k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	LogicPoint & Click
Murders on the Yangtze River 2024	Est. copies ≈ 528k–858k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveAdventure
Murder by Numbers 2020	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $173k–$465k after Steam's cut $315k–$715k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	InvestigationVisual Novel
Riven 2024	Est. copies ≈ 72k–116k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $689k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Escape From Mystwood Mansion 2023	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $168k–$453k after Steam's cut $306k–$697k before Steam's cut	$16.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomPuzzle
Machinika: Museum 2021	Est. copies ≈ 157k–255k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $344k–$926k after Steam's cut $626k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$7.99	6k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleMystery
The Roottrees are Dead 2025	Est. copies ≈ 253k–411k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MysteryPuzzle