How much revenue did LYNE make?

$380k–$1.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did LYNE sell?

Q: How many copies did LYNE sell?

462k to 750k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 462k–750k; $380k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $690k–$1.6M before Steam's cut; from 8k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 LYNE and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including LYNE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 25k–207k

best case 965k (Dorfromantik)

Games like LYNE

A typical game among these

≈ 25k–207k copies

≈ $83k–$1.8M 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.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Dorfromantik at ≈ 735k–1.2M copies, ≈ $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 771 reviews in their first month; the range was 162 to 15k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (7 of 8) and Procedural Generation (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + City Builder, priced around $14.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2026, and 3 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 52 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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Dorfromantik 2022	Est. copies ≈ 735k–1.2M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before Steam's cut	$13.99	30k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
Voxelgram 2019	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $57k–$152k after Steam's cut $103k–$234k before Steam's cut	$9.99	716 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleHidden Object
shapez 2 - Factory 2026	Est. copies ≈ 385k–625k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ManagementStrategy
KNIGHTS 2016	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before Steam's cut	$0.99	827 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleTabletop
Mimic Logic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $15k–$41k after Steam's cut $28k–$64k before Steam's cut	$3.99	567 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleProcedural Generation
14 Minesweeper Variants 2022	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $80k–$215k after Steam's cut $146k–$331k before Steam's cut	$6.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleLogic
Let's! Revolution! 2023	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $55k–$147k after Steam's cut $100k–$227k before Steam's cut	$19.99	402 reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based StrategyColorful
Drop Duchy 2025	Est. copies ≈ 82k–134k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $339k–$911k after Steam's cut $616k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleStrategy