How much revenue did Cat Detective Albert Wilde make?

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

How many copies did Cat Detective Albert Wilde sell?

Q: How many copies did Cat Detective Albert Wilde sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 171 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $25k–$58k before Steam's cut; from 171 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 Cat Detective Albert Wilde and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cat Detective Albert Wilde's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.6M–5.2M

best case 22.4M (Tomb Raider Game of the Year)

Games like Cat Detective Albert Wilde

A typical game among these

≈ 3.6M–5.2M copies

≈ $35.1M–$49.6M after Steam's cut

from ~64k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Tomb Raider Game of the Year at ≈ 17.1M–27.8M copies, ≈ $94.0M–$252.8M 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 16k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 28k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (8 of 8) and Third Person (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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 79 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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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.1M–$78.2M after Steam's cut $52.9M–$120.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	108k reviews Very Positive	StealthOpen World
Detroit: Become Human 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.6M–10.7M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $72.1M–$193.9M after Steam's cut $131.1M–$298.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	264k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
A Way Out 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.1M–$56.7M after Steam's cut $38.4M–$87.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	103k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpCo-op
SILENT HILL 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $31.4M–$84.4M after Steam's cut $57.1M–$129.8M before Steam's cut	$69.99	66k reviews Very Positive	Psychological Horror Horror
Tomb Raider Game of the Year 2013	Est. copies ≈ 17.1M–27.8M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $94.0M–$252.8M after Steam's cut $171.0M–$388.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	271k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureAction
The Last of Us™ Part I 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $45.1M–$121.3M after Steam's cut $82.0M–$186.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	110k reviews Very Positive	Story RichPost-apocalyptic
Alan Wake 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.7M–$42.1M after Steam's cut $28.5M–$64.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	60k reviews Very Positive	ActionHorror
Max Payne 3 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.4M–$60.2M after Steam's cut $40.7M–$92.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	64k reviews Very Positive	ActionThird-Person Shooter