How much revenue did I Was Wrong make?

$20–$55 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did I Was Wrong sell?

Q: How many copies did I Was Wrong sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $20–$55 after Steam's cut $37–$84 before Steam's cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Only 3 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 I Was Wrong and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including I Was Wrong's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 219–1k

best case 17k (Tested on Humans: Escape Room)

Games like I Was Wrong

A typical game among these

≈ 219–1k copies

≈ $326–$7k after Steam's cut

from ~18 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: Tested on Humans: Escape Room at ≈ 13k–20k copies, ≈ $35k–$93k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 72 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 Exploration (6 of 8) and Hidden Object (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Escape Room + Puzzle, priced around $10.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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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Tested on Humans: Escape Room 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13k–20k 28x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $35k–$93k after Steam's cut $63k–$143k before Steam's cut	$9.99	507 reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomPuzzle
Diamond Hunter 2020	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $62–$164 after Steam's cut $112–$252 before Steam's cut	$8.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	AdventureRPG
Myha: Return to the Lost Island 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$14.99	55 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureIndie
Skip Lake 2021	Est. copies ≈ 942–2k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $774–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$2.99	38 reviews Positive	NatureLogic
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