How much revenue did Grindstone make?

$47k–$127k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Grindstone sell?

Q: How many copies did Grindstone 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; $47k–$127k after Steam's cut $86k–$195k 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 Grindstone and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Grindstone's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–12k

best case 33k (Coin Pusher Casino)

Games like Grindstone

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–12k copies

≈ $9k–$66k after Steam's cut

from ~145 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: Coin Pusher Casino at ≈ 25k–41k copies, ≈ $87k–$233k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 47 reviews in their first month; the range was 9 to 408.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (5 of 8) and Collectathon (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Arcade, priced around $13.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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