How much revenue did The Signal State make?

$93k–$250k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Signal State sell?

Q: How many copies did The Signal State sell?

17k to 27k copies, based on its 682 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–27k; $93k–$250k after Steam's cut $169k–$385k before the cut; from 682 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left The Signal State out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Signal State's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 563k–1.5M

best case 1.8M (Besiege)

The Puzzle genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 563k–1.5M copies

≈ $5.1M–$9.5M after Steam's cut

from ~23k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies

Besiege · ≈ $5.8M–$15.5M after Steam's cut

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had roughly 744 to 15k reviews in their first month.

That is the spread of the games that made it, not a target to hit.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (3 of 8) and Sandbox (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Sandbox, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2026, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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