How much revenue did Sokobalien make?

$475–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sokobalien sell?

Q: How many copies did Sokobalien sell?

868 to 1k copies, based on its 35 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 868–1k; $475–$1k after Steam's cut $864–$2k before Steam's cut; from 35 reviews (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 Sokobalien and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sokobalien's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 114k–155k

best case 192k (Patrick's Parabox)

Games like Sokobalien

A typical game among these

≈ 114k–155k copies

≈ $913k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Patrick's Parabox at ≈ 146k–237k copies, ≈ $803k–$2.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 34 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 897.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Sokoban (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Sokoban, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 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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Red Ronin 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$40k before Steam's cut	$7.99	179 reviews Very Positive	SokobanTime Manipulation
Patrick's Parabox 2022	Est. copies ≈ 146k–237k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $803k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleSokoban
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UltraNothing 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$3.99	54 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleStrategy
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