How much revenue did 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek make?

$353k–$948k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek sell?

Q: How many copies did 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek sell?

86k to 139k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 86k–139k; $353k–$948k after Steam's cut $641k–$1.5M 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 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 525k–1.2M

best case 2.3M (The Room)

Games like 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

A typical game among these

≈ 525k–1.2M copies

≈ $1.0M–$3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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: The Room at ≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies, ≈ $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Point & Click (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Mystery, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2021, 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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The Room 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
Rusty Lake Hotel 2016	Est. copies ≈ 443k–719k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $242k–$651k after Steam's cut $441k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$1.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePoint & Click
Hidden Folks 2017	Est. copies ≈ 329k–534k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Hidden ObjectCasual
Deponia 2012	Est. copies ≈ 930k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	15k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
The Room Three 2018	Est. copies ≈ 409k–665k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $674k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$5.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
The Room 4: Old Sins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 456k–741k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$8.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
Zup! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 371k–603k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $203k–$546k after Steam's cut $370k–$841k before Steam's cut	$1.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
The Room Two 2016	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery