How much revenue did Submachine: Legacy make?

$249k–$670k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Submachine: Legacy sell?

Q: How many copies did Submachine: Legacy sell?

36k to 59k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 36k–59k; $249k–$670k after Steam's cut $453k–$1.0M before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Submachine: Legacy and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Submachine: Legacy's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 784k–1.6M

best case 1.6M (Sally Face - Episode One)

Games like Submachine: Legacy

A typical game among these

≈ 784k–1.6M copies

≈ $3.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut

from ~21k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Sally Face - Episode One at ≈ 1.2M–2.0M copies, ≈ $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Point & Click (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Psychological Horror, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2022, 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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Sally Face - Episode One 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$2.99	30k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story Rich Psychological Horror
Deponia 2012	Est. copies ≈ 930k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	15k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
Gorogoa 2017	Est. copies ≈ 717k–1.2M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.0M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleHand-drawn
Machinarium 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.5M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$30.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Point & ClickPuzzle
Bomb Bowling 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 346–562 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $475–$1k after Steam's cut $863–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	12 reviews Positive	PuzzlePhysics
Fran Bow 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.4M–$19.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Story Rich
A Little to the Left 2022	Est. copies ≈ 478k–777k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
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