How much revenue did The Bridge make?

$756k–$2.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Bridge sell?

Q: How many copies did The Bridge sell?

275k to 447k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 275k–447k; $756k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 The Bridge and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Bridge's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 81k–297k

best case 3.8M (GRIS)

Games like The Bridge

A typical game among these

≈ 81k–297k copies

≈ $310k–$2.0M 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: GRIS at ≈ 2.9M–4.8M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 447 reviews in their first month; the range was 182 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hand-drawn (6 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Beautiful + Female Protagonist, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, and none of them 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 70 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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Raji: An Ancient Epic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $487k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $886k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	RelaxingMythology
Creaks 2020	Est. copies ≈ 154k–250k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $845k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleHand-drawn
Munin 2014	Est. copies ≈ 64k–103k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $87k–$235k after Steam's cut $159k–$361k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	IndiePuzzle-Platformer
Sanfu 2023	Est. copies ≈ 443k–720k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$10.99	18k reviews Very Positive	MysteryRPG
SILT 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $103k–$276k after Steam's cut $187k–$425k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleAtmospheric
GRIS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	96k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulAtmospheric
Genesis Noir 2021	Est. copies ≈ 57k–92k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $234k–$629k after Steam's cut $425k–$967k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	NoirPoint & Click
BirdGut 2019	Est. copies ≈ 150k–244k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayIndie