How much revenue did Chess Defense Saga make?

$83–$221 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Chess Defense Saga sell?

Q: How many copies did Chess Defense Saga sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $83–$221 after Steam's cut $150–$340 before Steam's cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Only 2 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 Chess Defense Saga and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Chess Defense Saga's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 619–1k

best case 9.3M (Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition)

Games like Chess Defense Saga

A typical game among these

≈ 619–1k copies

≈ $2k–$4k after Steam's cut

from ~23 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition at ≈ 7.1M–11.5M copies, ≈ $87.8M–$236.1M after Steam's cut. 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 13 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 42.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tactical RPG (6 of 8) and Tower Defense (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tactical RPG + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $45. The breakout hits carry Turn-Based Strategy + Character Customization + CRPG; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 2 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 43 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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Toy War - Cannon 2023	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $37k–$99k after Steam's cut $67k–$152k before Steam's cut	$199.99	27 reviews Mixed	Side ScrollerTactical RPG
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Rogue Citadel 2024	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$9.99	19 reviews Positive	Tower DefenseAction Roguelike
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