How much revenue did Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure make?

$408k–$1.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure sell?

Q: How many copies did Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure sell?

74k to 121k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74k–121k; $408k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $742k–$1.7M before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 149k–209k

best case 668k (Her Story)

Games like Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure

A typical game among these

≈ 149k–209k copies

≈ $399k–$1.6M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Her Story at ≈ 509k–827k copies, ≈ $1.4M–$3.8M 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 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 370 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FMV (5 of 8) and Choices Matter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Investigation + Typing, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Choose Your Own Adventure + Exploration + Puzzle; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, 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).

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She Sees Red - Interactive Movie 2019	Est. copies ≈ 91k–149k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $201k–$540k after Steam's cut $365k–$831k before Steam's cut	$7.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Choices MatterFMV
Her Story 2015	Est. copies ≈ 509k–827k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	InvestigationTyping
The Operator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 220k–358k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $848k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$13.99	9k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveInvestigation
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