How much revenue did Cryptmaster make?

$391k–$1.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cryptmaster sell?

Q: How many copies did Cryptmaster sell?

57k to 93k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 57k–93k; $391k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $712k–$1.6M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Cryptmaster and predicted how it would do from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Cryptmaster's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–48k

best case 84k (Glyphica: Typing Survival)

Games like Cryptmaster

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–48k copies

≈ $4k–$186k after Steam's cut

from ~884 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 5 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Glyphica: Typing Survival at ≈ 64k–104k copies, ≈ $175k–$471k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 182 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 625.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Word Game (4 of 5) and Puzzle (2 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Typing + Action Roguelike, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of the 5 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 52 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
灵墟 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $75k–$200k after Steam's cut $135k–$308k before Steam's cut	$10.99	994 reviews Very Positive	IndieExploration
Glyphica: Typing Survival 2024	Est. copies ≈ 64k–104k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $175k–$471k after Steam's cut $318k–$724k before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessTyping
Typoman 2016	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $101k–$272k after Steam's cut $184k–$418k before Steam's cut	$9.99	884 reviews Very Positive	2DWord Game
My Mud Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $765–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$15.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	Text-BasedIndie
Words of Yendor 2023	Est. copies ≈ 918–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut	$7.99	37 reviews Positive	SpellingTyping