How much revenue did Black Ink make?

$207k–$557k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Black Ink sell?

Q: How many copies did Black Ink sell?

22k to 35k copies, based on its 518 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–35k; $207k–$557k after Steam's cut $377k–$858k before Steam's cut; from 518 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 Black Ink and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Black Ink's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 120k–829k

best case 40.7M (Wallpaper Engine)

Games like Black Ink

A typical game among these

≈ 120k–829k copies

≈ $1.8M–$23.9M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Wallpaper Engine at ≈ 31.0M–50.3M copies, ≈ $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Software (8 of 8) and Design & Illustration (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2020, and none of them 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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Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 31.0M–50.3M 141x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut $77.3M–$175.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities
Crosshair X 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.9M 6.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	46k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Movavi Video Suite 17 - Video Making Software - Video Editor, Video Converter, Screen Capture, and more 2018	Est. copies ≈ 97k–157k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Video ProductionAudio Production
Pixel Studio - pixel art editor 2019	Est. copies ≈ 178k–289k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Animation & ModelingPixel Graphics
Krita 2014	Est. copies ≈ 462k–751k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Design & IllustrationSoftware
YoloMouse - Cursor Changer 2020	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $103k–$277k after Steam's cut $188k–$427k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesDesign & Illustration
ShareX 2015	Est. copies ≈ 415k–674k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Photo EditingUtilities
Movavi Video Editor Plus 2020 - Video Editing Software 2019	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Video ProductionUtilities