How much revenue did BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships make?

$475–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships sell?

Q: How many copies did BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships sell?

868 to 1k copies, based on its 35 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 868–1k; $475–$1k after Steam's cut $864–$2k before the cut; from 35 reviews (Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–6k

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

≈ 1k–6k copies

≈ $1k–$26k after Steam's cut

from ~126 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 12 to 105 reviews in their first month.; Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
Your set: Your set clusters on Chess (7 of 8) and Puzzle (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Chess + Time Travel, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Time Travel + Time Manipulation; 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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