How much revenue did Cozy Sudoku make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cozy Sudoku sell?

Q: How many copies did Cozy Sudoku sell?

5k to 7k copies, based on its 184 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–7k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut; from 184 reviews (Mostly 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 Cozy Sudoku and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cozy Sudoku's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–45k

best case 91k (Pixel Puzzles Ultimate Jigsaw Puzzles)

Games like Cozy Sudoku

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–45k copies

≈ $11k–$30k after Steam's cut

from ~565 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Pixel Puzzles Ultimate Jigsaw Puzzles at ≈ 69k–113k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 60 reviews in their first month; the range was 36 to 2k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Tabletop (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Board Game.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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Zen Chess: Mate in One 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$0.99	465 reviews Very Positive	ChessMinimalist
Sagrada 2020	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $30k–$81k after Steam's cut $55k–$125k before Steam's cut	$9.99	443 reviews Very Positive	Board GameTabletop
KNIGHTS 2016	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before Steam's cut	$0.99	827 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleTabletop
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Pixel Puzzles Traditional Jigsaw Puzzles 2019	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	573 reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayCasual
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