How much revenue did Words of Yendor make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Words of Yendor sell?

Q: How many copies did Words of Yendor sell?

918 to 1k copies, based on its 37 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 918–1k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut; from 37 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 Words of Yendor and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Words of Yendor's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–17k

best case 36k (Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered)

Games like Words of Yendor

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–17k copies

≈ $4k–$30k after Steam's cut

from ~166 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: Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered at ≈ 27k–45k copies, ≈ $60k–$162k 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 14 to 35.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Word Game (8 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Spelling + Typing, priced around $8.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, 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 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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