How many copies did WordTactics sell?

496 to 806 copies, based on its 20 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did WordTactics make?

WordTactics is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is WordTactics?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 496–806; from 20 reviews (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 WordTactics and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including WordTactics's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–32k

best case 23k (Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes)

Games like WordTactics

A typical game among these

≈ 15k–32k copies

≈ $55k–$95k after Steam's cut

from ~465 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.

Best case: Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes at ≈ 18k–29k copies, ≈ $49k–$130k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 114 reviews in their first month; the range was 33 to 295.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Word Game (8 of 8) and Puzzle (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dating Sim + Word Game, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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God of Word 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$23k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before Steam's cut	$4.99	149 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual
Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered 2015	Est. copies ≈ 27k–45k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $60k–$162k after Steam's cut $110k–$250k before Steam's cut	$7.99	563 reviews Very Positive	CasualSpelling
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Mini Words - minimalist puzzle 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k too small to compare 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
Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes 2023	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $49k–$130k after Steam's cut $88k–$201k before Steam's cut	$9.99	712 reviews Very Positive	CasualAdventure
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