How much revenue did Linkito make?

$19k–$50k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Linkito sell?

Q: How many copies did Linkito sell?

5k to 7k copies, based on its 182 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–7k; $19k–$50k after Steam's cut $34k–$77k before Steam's cut; from 182 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 Linkito and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Linkito's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–1.6M

best case 1.7M (Besiege)

Games like Linkito

A typical game among these

≈ 1.0M–1.6M copies

≈ $6.0M–$12.2M after Steam's cut

from ~39k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Besiege at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 262 reviews in their first month; the range was 152 to 31k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (5 of 8) and Sandbox (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Sandbox, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, 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 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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Besiege 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationSandbox
JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $49k–$131k after Steam's cut $88k–$201k before Steam's cut	$17.99	396 reviews Mostly Positive	ProgrammingAutomation
The Signal State 2021	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $95k–$255k after Steam's cut $173k–$393k before Steam's cut	$19.99	697 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleLogic
shapez 2020	Est. copies ≈ 396k–644k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationBase-Building
Trailmakers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.0M after Steam's cut $14.2M–$32.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Very Positive	SpaceAction
Domino Sky 2016	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $17k–$46k after Steam's cut $31k–$71k before Steam's cut	$3.99	374 reviews Very Positive	IndieCasual
Contraption Maker 2014	Est. copies ≈ 74k–120k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $263k–$708k after Steam's cut $479k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle2D
Haydee 3 2025	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $73k–$197k after Steam's cut $133k–$303k before Steam's cut	$29.99	358 reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaThird-Person Shooter