How much revenue did Unboxing the Cryptic Killer make?

$112k–$302k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Unboxing the Cryptic Killer sell?

Q: How many copies did Unboxing the Cryptic Killer sell?

68k to 111k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 68k–111k; $112k–$302k after Steam's cut $204k–$465k before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Unboxing the Cryptic Killer and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Unboxing the Cryptic Killer's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 599k–632k

best case 1.5M (We Were Here)

Games like Unboxing the Cryptic Killer

A typical game among these

≈ 599k–632k copies

≈ $2.1M–$4.3M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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: We Were Here at ≈ 1.1M–1.9M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 724 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Co-op (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Escape Room. The breakout hits carry Free to Play + Horror + Co-op Campaign; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
We Were Here Too 2018	Est. copies ≈ 344k–559k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $945k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpEscape Room
We Were Here Together 2019	Est. copies ≈ 512k–831k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	18k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleOnline Co-Op
The Room 4: Old Sins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 456k–741k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$8.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
We Were Here Forever 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471k–765k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$17.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomOnline Co-Op
Escape Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 482k–783k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$11.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op
We Were Here 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.9M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	33k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCo-op
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two 2019	Est. copies ≈ 346k–563k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $571k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$5.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op
The Past Within 2022	Est. copies ≈ 419k–680k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $689k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$5.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Puzzle