How much revenue did Jessie 'Boom' James - a jigsaw chess tale make?

$312–$839 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Jessie 'Boom' James - a jigsaw chess tale sell?

Q: How many copies did Jessie 'Boom' James - a jigsaw chess tale sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $312–$839 after Steam's cut $567–$1k before Steam's cut; from 23 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 Jessie 'Boom' James - a jigsaw chess tale and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Jessie 'Boom' James - a jigsaw chess tale's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–7k

best case 47k (Depraved)

Games like Jessie 'Boom' James - a jigsaw chess tale

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–7k copies

≈ $13k–$36k after Steam's cut

from ~110 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Shooter (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Depraved at ≈ 36k–59k copies, ≈ $199k–$534k 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 41 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 107.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (3 of 8) and Western (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Management + City Builder + Colony Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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Depraved 2019	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $199k–$534k after Steam's cut $361k–$821k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mixed	City Builder Colony Sim
El Hijo - A Wild West Tale 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $32k–$85k after Steam's cut $58k–$131k before Steam's cut	$19.99	232 reviews Very Positive	CasualExploration
RevolVR 3 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	152 reviews Mostly Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
Moonshine Maniacs - A Wild West Saga 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	67 reviews Mixed	Arena ShooterFPS
Dick Wilde 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$33k before Steam's cut	$14.99	57 reviews Very Positive	ActionCasual
Gold Rush! Anniversary 2014	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $15k–$42k after Steam's cut $28k–$64k before Steam's cut	$4.99	201 reviews Mixed	AdventureIndie
Wild West Saga: Idle Tycoon Clicker 2018	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k 7.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	790 reviews Mixed	ClickerIdler
Dead Man's Rest 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before Steam's cut	$11.99	51 reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelLGBTQ+