How much revenue did Tetragon make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tetragon sell?

Q: How many copies did Tetragon sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 46 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut; from 46 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 Tetragon and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tetragon's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 247k–7.0M

best case 12.4M (Human Fall Flat)

Games like Tetragon

A typical game among these

≈ 247k–7.0M copies

≈ $489k–$44.4M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Human Fall Flat at ≈ 9.5M–15.4M copies, ≈ $52.0M–$139.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Puzzle-Platformer (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Puzzle, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2019, 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 36 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).

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LIMBO 2011	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M 7.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.5M–$36.3M after Steam's cut $24.5M–$55.8M before Steam's cut	$12.49	62k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerIndie
The Bridge 2013	Est. copies ≈ 275k–447k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $756k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerHand-drawn
Human Fall Flat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.5M–15.4M 29x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $52.0M–$139.7M after Steam's cut $94.5M–$214.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	227k reviews Very Positive	Co-opFunny
Quantum Conundrum 2012	Est. copies ≈ 136k–221k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $337k–$905k after Steam's cut $612k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$8.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
Gravitas 2019	Est. copies ≈ 206k–334k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayPuzzle
Portal 2007	Est. copies ≈ 12.6M–20.5M 25x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.6M–$93.1M after Steam's cut $63.0M–$143.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	199k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
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