How much revenue did Wordle 4 make?

$109k–$292k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wordle 4 sell?

Q: How many copies did Wordle 4 sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 520 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $109k–$292k after Steam's cut $197k–$449k before Steam's cut; from 520 reviews (Mostly 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 Wordle 4 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wordle 4's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–14k

best case 1.1M (Chants of Sennaar)

Games like Wordle 4

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–14k copies

≈ $958–$168k after Steam's cut

from ~120 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Chants of Sennaar at ≈ 869k–1.4M copies, ≈ $4.8M–$12.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 2k reviews in their first month.

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 (7 of 8) and Word Game (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Point & Click, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Adventure + Colorful + Point & Click; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Chants of Sennaar 2023	Est. copies ≈ 869k–1.4M 292x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.8M–$12.8M after Steam's cut $8.7M–$19.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Wordle 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k 6.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $162k–$435k after Steam's cut $294k–$669k before Steam's cut	$30.62	775 reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleCasual
Wordle 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $118k–$317k after Steam's cut $214k–$487k before Steam's cut	$30.62	564 reviews Mixed	PuzzleCasual
Trivia Vault Football Trivia 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$58k before Steam's cut	$13.99	120 reviews Mixed	CasualIndie
HANGMAN 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $439–$1k after Steam's cut $798–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	56 reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorCasual
Write word 2018	Est. copies ≈ 547–889 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $600–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$3.99	18 reviews Mixed	IndieCasual
Quiz Pro - Guess Pictures 2020	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $61–$164 after Steam's cut $111–$253 before Steam's cut	$2.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	TriviaEducation
Wordle 5 2022	Est. copies ≈ 8k–12k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $64k–$173k after Steam's cut $117k–$266k before Steam's cut	$30.62	308 reviews Mixed	CasualSimulation