How much revenue did Rob Riches make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rob Riches sell?

Q: How many copies did Rob Riches sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 81 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut; from 81 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 Rob Riches and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rob Riches's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–23k

best case 224k (Lara Croft GO)

Games like Rob Riches

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–23k copies

≈ $5k–$63k after Steam's cut

from ~58 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.

Best case: Lara Croft GO at ≈ 170k–277k copies, ≈ $468k–$1.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 43 reviews in their first month; the range was 20 to 53.

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 (7 of 8) and Puzzle-Platformer (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Female Protagonist, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2026, and 2 of the 8 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Lara Croft GO 2016	Est. copies ≈ 170k–277k 71x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $468k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $851k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Red's Kingdom 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$9.99	34 reviews Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
Super Retro BoxBot 2024	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut	$9.99	27 reviews Positive	PuzzleSokoban
The PARADOGX Incident 2026	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$10.99	43 reviews Positive	Early AccessStrategy
Meet me at NooN 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$9.99	73 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleGrid-Based Movement
Chessformer 2022	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$45k before Steam's cut	$4.99	323 reviews Very Positive	ChessPuzzle
Six Faces \| Overpower 2021	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $299–$803 after Steam's cut $543–$1k before Steam's cut	$1.99	22 reviews Positive	CasualPuzzle-Platformer
About Love, Hate and the other ones 2014	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k 15x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $104k–$280k after Steam's cut $189k–$430k before Steam's cut	$7.99	845 reviews Very Positive	SokobanCasual