How much revenue did Railroad Ink Challenge make?

$6k–$15k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Railroad Ink Challenge sell?

Q: How many copies did Railroad Ink Challenge sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 103 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut; from 103 reviews (Very 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 Railroad Ink Challenge and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Railroad Ink Challenge's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 191–220

best case 3k (Forests, Fields and Fortresses)

Games like Railroad Ink Challenge

A typical game among these

≈ 191–220 copies

≈ $735–$956 after Steam's cut

from ~6 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Forests, Fields and Fortresses at ≈ 2k–3k copies, ≈ $3k–$7k after Steam's cut. 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 3 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 16.

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 (8 of 8) and Solitaire (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + City Builder, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Strategy + Board Game + God Game; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: Only 1 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. 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 36 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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Forests, Fields and Fortresses 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 14x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$4.99	81 reviews Very Positive	CasualStrategy
Laruaville 7 - Match 3 Adventure 2019	Est. copies ≈ 144–234 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $395–$1k after Steam's cut $719–$2k before Steam's cut	$9.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Match 3Hidden Object
SUBARACITY 2019	Est. copies ≈ 749–1k 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	26 reviews Mixed	SolitaireCasual
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Laruaville 13 Match 3 Puzzle 2022	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $265–$715 after Steam's cut $481–$1k before Steam's cut	$12.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Match 3Hidden Object
Cursed House 10 - Match 3 Puzzle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $409–$1k after Steam's cut $744–$2k before Steam's cut	$9.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	SokobanMatch 3
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