How much revenue did Chessformer make?

$11k–$28k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Chessformer sell?

Q: How many copies did Chessformer sell?

8k to 12k copies, based on its 320 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–12k; $11k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$44k before the cut; from 320 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 Chessformer out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Chessformer's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–17k

best case 309k (5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel)

The Chess genre

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

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

A typical game

≈ 7k–17k copies

≈ $14k–$51k after Steam's cut

from ~227 reviews

Best case

≈ 235k–383k copies

5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel · ≈ $776k–$2.1M after Steam's cut

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

The launch: The games that made it here had roughly 13 to 105 reviews in their first month.; Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
Your set: Your set clusters on Chess (6 of 8) and Puzzle (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Chess + Time Travel, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Time Manipulation + Time Travel + Board Game; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. 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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