How much revenue did Paper Trail make?

$125k–$336k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Paper Trail sell?

Q: How many copies did Paper Trail sell?

23k to 37k copies, based on its 946 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 23k–37k; $125k–$336k after Steam's cut $227k–$516k before the cut; from 946 reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Paper Trail out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Paper Trail's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 692k–1.1M

best case 1.5M (We Were Here)

The Exploration genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 692k–1.1M copies

≈ $1.4M–$3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~18k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies

We Were Here

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (3 of 8) and Puzzle (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Escape Room.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2021, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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