How much revenue did DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case sell?

Q: How many copies did DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 41 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut; from 41 reviews (Mixed)

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 DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case and predicted how it would do from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 41k–46k

best case 399k (Judgment)

Games like DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case

A typical game among these

≈ 41k–46k copies

≈ $255k–$395k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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 6 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Judgment at ≈ 304k–494k copies, ≈ $3.3M–$9.0M 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 461 reviews in their first month; the range was 104 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Realistic (4 of 6) and Detective (3 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Investigation + Typing, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Action + Beat 'em up + Action-Adventure; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of the 6 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 61 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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