How much revenue did Maize make?

$245k–$659k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Maize sell?

Q: How many copies did Maize sell?

89k to 145k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 89k–145k; $245k–$659k after Steam's cut $446k–$1.0M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Maize and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Maize's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 663k–1.5M

best case 38.8M (Portal 2)

Games like Maize

A typical game among these

≈ 663k–1.5M copies

≈ $4.3M–$8.6M after Steam's cut

from ~22k 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: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.5M–48.0M copies, ≈ $81.1M–$218.1M 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 1k to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (5 of 8) and Comedy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + First-Person, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry First-Person + Puzzle-Platformer + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2022, and none of them 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 79 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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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.8M–$28.9M after Steam's cut $19.5M–$44.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveVisual Novel
Life is Strange 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.0M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
Outcore: Desktop Adventure 2022	Est. copies ≈ 457k–743k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePsychological Horror
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–48.0M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut $147.5M–$335.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	467k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Portal 2007	Est. copies ≈ 12.6M–20.5M 9.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.6M–$93.1M after Steam's cut $63.0M–$143.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	199k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Gunpoint 2013	Est. copies ≈ 843k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StealthIndie
House Party 2022	Est. copies ≈ 383k–623k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$10.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	NudityMature
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension 2020	Est. copies ≈ 648k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieAdventure