How much revenue did Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service make?

$14k–$38k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service sell?

Q: How many copies did Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service sell?

9k to 14k copies, based on its 346 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–14k; $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$58k before Steam's cut; from 346 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 Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31k–84k

best case 462k (Pathologic 2)

Games like Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service

A typical game among these

≈ 31k–84k copies

≈ $146k–$459k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Pathologic 2 at ≈ 352k–572k copies, ≈ $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 231 reviews in their first month; the range was 32 to 551.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (5 of 8) and Psychological Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Choices Matter, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Choices Matter + Difficult + Survival; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, 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 43 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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Pathologic 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 352k–572k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.0M before Steam's cut	$34.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Story RichAtmospheric
Misao - 2024 HD Remaster 2017	Est. copies ≈ 89k–144k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $243k–$654k after Steam's cut $442k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationPuzzle
Inner Chains 2017	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $115k–$309k after Steam's cut $209k–$476k before Steam's cut	$19.99	608 reviews Mixed	ActionHorror
YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- 2018	Est. copies ≈ 46k–75k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $255k–$685k after Steam's cut $463k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	ExplorationPuzzle-Platformer
tomorrow won't come for those without ██████ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $14k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$60k before Steam's cut	$1.99	1k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericPhilosophical
NORCO 2022	Est. copies ≈ 81k–131k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $334k–$897k after Steam's cut $607k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickAtmospheric
My Beautiful Paper Smile 2021	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $44k–$118k after Steam's cut $80k–$181k before Steam's cut	$14.99	429 reviews Very Positive	Psychological Horror Horror
DEAD LETTER DEPT. 2025	Est. copies ≈ 46k–75k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $190k–$511k after Steam's cut $345k–$786k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorTyping