How much revenue did The Operator make?

$848k–$2.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Operator sell?

Q: How many copies did The Operator sell?

220k to 358k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 220k–358k; $848k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut; from 9k 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 The Operator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Operator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 207k–369k

best case 399k (Judgment)

Games like The Operator

A typical game among these

≈ 207k–369k copies

≈ $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Judgment at ≈ 304k–494k copies, ≈ $3.3M–$9.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 674 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Investigation (5 of 8) and Detective (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Beat 'em up + Action-Adventure, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 1 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 61 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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Contradiction: Spot The Liar 2015	Est. copies ≈ 159k–258k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $568k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$12.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveCrime
The Silent Age 2015	Est. copies ≈ 351k–571k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $965k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickSide Scroller
The Rise of the Golden Idol 2024	Est. copies ≈ 103k–167k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $567k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	MysteryInvestigation
Judgment 2022	Est. copies ≈ 304k–494k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$9.0M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	12k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Pentiment 2022	Est. copies ≈ 244k–397k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HistoricalStory Rich
Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1.5 2020	Est. copies ≈ 155k–253k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle
The Case of the Golden Idol 2022	Est. copies ≈ 273k–444k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$17.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MysteryDetective
Lost Judgment 2022	Est. copies ≈ 242k–394k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.2M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$11.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure