How much revenue did Chiasm make?

$54–$146 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Chiasm sell?

Q: How many copies did Chiasm sell?

99 to 161 copies, based on its 4 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 99–161; $54–$146 after Steam's cut $99–$224 before Steam's cut; from 4 reviews (4 user reviews); Only 4 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 Chiasm and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Chiasm's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 21k–35k

best case 151k (I commissioned some bees 0)

Games like Chiasm

A typical game among these

≈ 21k–35k copies

≈ $8k–$136k after Steam's cut

from ~656 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: I commissioned some bees 0 at ≈ 115k–187k copies. 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 178 reviews in their first month; the range was 9 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hand-drawn (7 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hand-drawn, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Puzzle-Platformer + Physics + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 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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The Bridge 2013	Est. copies ≈ 275k–447k 6.6x vs typical 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
I commissioned some bees 0 2023	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Hidden ObjectNature
100 hidden snails 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before Steam's cut	$0.99	623 reviews Very Positive	CasualHidden Object
100 hidden eternals 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$0.99	689 reviews Very Positive	CasualHidden Object
Subway Midnight 2021	Est. copies ≈ 33k–54k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $91k–$243k after Steam's cut $165k–$375k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Psychological HorrorColorful
Quell 2015	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$100k before Steam's cut	$3.99	452 reviews Very Positive	IndiePuzzle
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The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo 2023	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $114k–$307k after Steam's cut $208k–$473k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePoint & Click