How much revenue did Throw It make?

$163–$438 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Throw It sell?

Q: How many copies did Throw It sell?

298 to 484 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 298–484; $163–$438 after Steam's cut $297–$674 before Steam's cut; from 12 reviews (Mixed)

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 Throw It and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Throw It's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 553k–1.2M

best case 2.3M (The Room)

Games like Throw It

A typical game among these

≈ 553k–1.2M copies

≈ $2.1M–$2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Room at ≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies, ≈ $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 3k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Hidden Object (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Mystery, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Room 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
The Room 4: Old Sins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 456k–741k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$8.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
The House of Da Vinci 2017	Est. copies ≈ 253k–410k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure
The Room Two 2016	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
Peggle Deluxe 2007	Est. copies ≈ 921k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
Meanings hidden in plain sight 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34–$91 after Steam's cut $62–$140 before Steam's cut	$4.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Word GameTyping
The Room Three 2018	Est. copies ≈ 409k–665k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $674k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$5.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
Zonescape 2023	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$9.99	17 reviews Mixed	AdventureStealth