How much revenue did Timeworks make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Timeworks sell?

Q: How many copies did Timeworks sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 52 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut; from 52 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 Timeworks and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Timeworks's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–175k

best case 1.9M (Farming Simulator 25)

Games like Timeworks

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–175k copies

≈ $91k–$3.3M 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: Farming Simulator 25 at ≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 365 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 22k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Time Travel (5 of 8) and Time Management (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Farming Sim, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, 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 38 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
Farming Simulator 25 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 58x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	59k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Farming Sim
Accident 2021	Est. copies ≈ 44k–71k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $181k–$486k after Steam's cut $328k–$747k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationCasual
No Time 2019	Est. copies ≈ 64k–105k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $230k–$618k after Steam's cut $418k–$951k before Steam's cut	$12.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Time TravelTime Manipulation
Transpose 2018	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	259 reviews Very Positive	VRPuzzle-Platformer
The Forgotten City 2021	Est. copies ≈ 341k–554k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureTime Travel
We Are One 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$9.99	80 reviews Very Positive	Time ManipulationPuzzle
Timeless Tesseract 2024	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Time ManipulationTime Management
Fluxed 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20–$55 after Steam's cut $37–$84 before Steam's cut	$2.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Time TravelAction