How much revenue did 3D Chess Online make?

$189–$508 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 3D Chess Online sell?

Q: How many copies did 3D Chess Online sell?

694 to 1k copies, based on its 28 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 694–1k; $189–$508 after Steam's cut $344–$782 before Steam's cut; from 28 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 3D Chess Online and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 3D Chess Online's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–60k

best case 4.8M (Tabletop Simulator)

Games like 3D Chess Online

A typical game among these

≈ 9k–60k copies

≈ $18k–$202k after Steam's cut

from ~290 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tabletop Simulator at ≈ 3.6M–5.9M copies, ≈ $20.0M–$53.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 20 reviews in their first month; the range was 19 to 243.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Board Game (6 of 8) and Chess (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tabletop + Board Game, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Tabletop Simulator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 258x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.0M–$53.8M after Steam's cut $36.4M–$82.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	75k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TabletopBoard Game
3D Chess 2016	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before Steam's cut	$4.99	175 reviews Mixed	StrategyCasual
KNIGHTS 2016	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before Steam's cut	$0.99	827 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleTabletop
Master of Chess 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41k–$110k after Steam's cut $74k–$169k before Steam's cut	$19.99	299 reviews Very Positive	ChessTurn-Based Tactics
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
Tabletop Playground 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $51k–$115k before Steam's cut	$14.99	273 reviews Mixed	IndieSimulation
Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $93k–$212k before Steam's cut	$15.99	280 reviews Mostly Positive	ChessStrategy
Chess Ultra 2017	Est. copies ≈ 80k–130k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $285k–$766k after Steam's cut $518k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$12.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyChess