How much revenue did Indies' Lies make?

$78k–$210k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Indies' Lies sell?

Q: How many copies did Indies' Lies sell?

19k to 31k copies, based on its 790 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19k–31k; $78k–$210k after Steam's cut $142k–$323k before the cut; from 790 reviews (Mostly 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 Indies' Lies out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Indies' Lies's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 425k–450k

best case 8.2M (Slay the Spire)

The Card Game genre

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

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

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

A typical game

≈ 425k–450k copies

≈ $3.0M–$3.8M after Steam's cut

from ~13k reviews

Best case

≈ 6.2M–10.1M copies

Slay the Spire · ≈ $42.8M–$115.2M after Steam's cut

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Card Game (6 of 8) and Deckbuilding (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Deckbuilding, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Deckbuilding; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: Only 2 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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

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