How much revenue did SokoChess make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SokoChess sell?

Q: How many copies did SokoChess sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 45 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 45 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 SokoChess and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SokoChess's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 675–3k

best case 5k (Chess Brain)

Games like SokoChess

A typical game among these

≈ 675–3k copies

≈ $675–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~32 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Chess Brain at ≈ 4k–7k copies, ≈ $1k–$3k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 21 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Chess (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sokoban + Chess, priced around $1.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 36 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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Knight Swap 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$0.99	149 reviews Very Positive	SokobanPuzzle
Unlock The King 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $513–$1k after Steam's cut $933–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	76 reviews Mostly Positive	SokobanDifficult
Chess Dungeons 2022	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$9.99	24 reviews Mostly Positive	ChessDungeon Crawler
SokoChess Black 2023	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $375–$1k after Steam's cut $681–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	11 reviews Positive	StrategyPuzzle
Chesskoban Bishop 2021	Est. copies ≈ 868–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $237–$636 after Steam's cut $430–$978 before Steam's cut	$0.99	35 reviews Positive	ChessSokoban
SokoChess White 2023	Est. copies ≈ 694–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $953–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	28 reviews Positive	PuzzleChess
Chess Dungeons: Shubousha 2023	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $340–$918 after Steam's cut $619–$1k before Steam's cut	$9.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	ChessCasual
Chess Brain 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$0.99	164 reviews Very Positive	SokobanChess