How much revenue did Deduce Together make?

$9k–$25k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Deduce Together sell?

Q: How many copies did Deduce Together sell?

6k to 9k copies, based on its 227 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–9k; $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut; from 227 reviews (Mixed)

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 Deduce Together and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deduce Together's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 57k–88k

best case 311k (while True: learn())

Games like Deduce Together

A typical game among these

≈ 57k–88k copies

≈ $277k–$636k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: while True: learn() at ≈ 237k–386k copies, ≈ $848k–$2.3M 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 2 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 712.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Education (6 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Programming + Simulation, priced around $13. The breakout hits carry Programming + Puzzle + Building; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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 70 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 Sapling 2019	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $286k–$768k after Steam's cut $520k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Life SimSandbox
Thrive 2021	Est. copies ≈ 44k–71k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $60k–$161k after Steam's cut $109k–$247k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationScience
Artemis 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7–$18 after Steam's cut $12–$28 before Steam's cut	$0.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Choose Your Own AdventureExploration
Accident 2021	Est. copies ≈ 44k–71k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $181k–$486k after Steam's cut $328k–$747k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationCasual
while True: learn() 2019	Est. copies ≈ 237k–386k 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $848k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingSimulation
Influent Language Learning Game 2014	Est. copies ≈ 95k–154k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $522k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $950k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	EducationFamily Friendly
Sam & MaRU 2021	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $340–$918 after Steam's cut $619–$1k before Steam's cut	$9.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	ProgrammingPuzzle
Van Gogh's Masterpiece Jigsaw Puzzles 2024	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $81–$219 after Steam's cut $148–$337 before Steam's cut	$1.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	AdventureCasual