How much revenue did Card Engine make?

$8k–$22k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Card Engine sell?

Q: How many copies did Card Engine sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 81 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$34k before Steam's cut; from 81 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 Card Engine and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Card Engine's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–21k

best case 63k (ePic Character Generator)

Games like Card Engine

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–21k copies

≈ $31k–$435k after Steam's cut

from ~213 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ePic Character Generator at ≈ 48k–78k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 21 reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 63.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Game Development (8 of 8) and Utilities (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Design & Illustration + Utilities.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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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VeeR VR:VR Video and Movie Platform 2017	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	172 reviews Mostly Positive	UtilitiesVideo Production
3DCoat 4.9 2012	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	147 reviews Very Positive	Animation & ModelingUtilities
001 Game Creator: 2026 Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $321k–$863k after Steam's cut $584k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$79.99	299 reviews Mostly Positive	Game DevelopmentDesign & Illustration
ePic Character Generator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 48k–78k 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	989 reviews Very Positive	Design & IllustrationUtilities
Black Ink 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $207k–$557k after Steam's cut $377k–$858k before Steam's cut	$34.99	518 reviews Very Positive	Design & IllustrationUtilities
PixageFX Studio 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$80k before Steam's cut	$19.99	141 reviews Very Positive	Design & IllustrationUtilities
JWildfire 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$23k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut	$11.99	106 reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesAnimation & Modeling
Fences 4 2022	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	254 reviews Mixed	UtilitiesSoftware