How much revenue did Tricky Typing make?

$478–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tricky Typing sell?

Q: How many copies did Tricky Typing sell?

174 to 282 copies, based on its 7 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174–282; $478–$1k after Steam's cut $869–$2k before Steam's cut; from 7 reviews (7 user reviews); Only 7 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 667–822

best case 36k (Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered)

Games like Tricky Typing

A typical game among these

≈ 667–822 copies

≈ $1k–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~22 reviews

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

None 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: Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered at ≈ 27k–45k copies, ≈ $60k–$162k 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 14 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 14.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Spelling (8 of 8) and Word Game (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Word Game + Spelling, priced around $3. The breakout hits carry Indie + RPG + Puzzle; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, and none of them 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 70 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
Spooky Typing: The Ghost Plague 2021	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $749–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	22 reviews Positive	TypingRunner
Word Warrior: Zombie Typocalypse 2023	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $517–$1k after Steam's cut $940–$2k before Steam's cut	$3.99	19 reviews Positive	TypingWord Game
Quick Words 2022	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $715–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	21 reviews Positive	Word GameCasual
Mini Words - minimalist puzzle 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$1.99	183 reviews Very Positive	Word GamePuzzle
Words for Evil 2014	Est. copies ≈ 27k–43k 22x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$91k before Steam's cut	$2.99	476 reviews Mostly Positive	Word GameTyping
Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered 2015	Est. copies ≈ 27k–45k 26x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $60k–$162k after Steam's cut $110k–$250k before Steam's cut	$7.99	563 reviews Very Positive	CasualSpelling
Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey 2014	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k 20x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	429 reviews Very Positive	CasualIndie
Tyfortress: Tactical Typing 2021	Est. copies ≈ 868–1k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$4.99	35 reviews Positive	TypingTower Defense