How much revenue did Minesweeper: Collector make?

$8k–$20k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Minesweeper: Collector sell?

Q: How many copies did Minesweeper: Collector sell?

3k to 6k copies, based on its 139 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–6k; $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut; from 139 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 Minesweeper: Collector and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Minesweeper: Collector's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–24k

best case 108k (Drop Duchy)

Games like Minesweeper: Collector

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–24k copies

≈ $13k–$117k after Steam's cut

from ~341 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.

Best case: Drop Duchy at ≈ 82k–134k copies, ≈ $339k–$911k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 162 reviews in their first month; the range was 20 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (5 of 8) and Rogue-like (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Rogue-like, priced around $15.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 38 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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