How much revenue did Inferno make?

$381–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Inferno sell?

Q: How many copies did Inferno sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; $381–$1k after Steam's cut $692–$2k before Steam's cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Only 8 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Inferno and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Inferno's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–54k

best case 55k (Hexologic)

Games like Inferno

A typical game among these

≈ 15k–54k copies

≈ $31k–$105k after Steam's cut

from ~423 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: Hexologic at ≈ 42k–67k copies, ≈ $57k–$153k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Sokoban (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Logic + Puzzle, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2020, 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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Akin 2016	Est. copies ≈ 41k–67k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $56k–$152k after Steam's cut $103k–$233k before Steam's cut	$4.99	988 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIndie
Hexologic 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42k–67k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $104k–$236k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	LogicPuzzle
Mess Adventures 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before Steam's cut	$2.99	513 reviews Very Positive	AdventureFunny
King Rabbit - Puzzle 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	332 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerSokoban
About Love, Hate and the other ones 2014	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k 2.0x 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
The Prism 2015	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $17k–$45k after Steam's cut $31k–$70k before Steam's cut	$4.99	252 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyIndie
Schein 2014	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before Steam's cut	$4.99	330 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller
Button Button Up! 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $17k–$46k after Steam's cut $31k–$71k before Steam's cut	$11.99	180 reviews Very Positive	Sokoban2D Platformer