How much revenue did Master of Chess make?

$41k–$110k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Master of Chess sell?

Q: How many copies did Master of Chess sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 299 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $41k–$110k after Steam's cut $74k–$169k before Steam's cut; from 299 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 Master of Chess and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Master of Chess's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–6k

best case 15k (Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition)

Games like Master of Chess

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–6k copies

≈ $983–$36k after Steam's cut

from ~74 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: Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition at ≈ 12k–19k copies, ≈ $51k–$138k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 13 reviews in their first month; the range was 8 to 105.

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 (6 of 8) and Turn-Based Tactics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Chess + Simulation, priced around $16.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, 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 52 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Dark Chess 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before Steam's cut	$12.99	213 reviews Mostly Positive	ChessStrategy
Samurai Chess 2021	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $543–$1k after Steam's cut $987–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	40 reviews Mostly Positive	ChessPuzzle
Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $93k–$212k before Steam's cut	$15.99	280 reviews Mostly Positive	ChessStrategy
Wild Wild Chess 2021	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $393–$1k after Steam's cut $715–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	29 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsTurn-Based Tactics
Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure (Chess) 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $39k–$88k before Steam's cut	$19.99	127 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyChess
The Chess Variants Club 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut	$4.99	55 reviews Very Positive	ChessTurn-Based Tactics
Ragnarok Chess 2021	Est. copies ≈ 918–1k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $502–$1k after Steam's cut $913–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	37 reviews Mixed	SportsMythology
Chess Infinity 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$26k before Steam's cut	$9.99	93 reviews Mixed	SportsChess