How much revenue did Book Bound make?

$13k–$35k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Book Bound sell?

Q: How many copies did Book Bound sell?

7k to 11k copies, based on its 271 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–11k; $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $23k–$53k before Steam's cut; from 271 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 Book Bound and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Book Bound's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–24k

best case 60k (Winkeltje: The Little Shop)

Games like Book Bound

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–24k copies

≈ $10k–$145k after Steam's cut

from ~312 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: Winkeltje: The Little Shop at ≈ 45k–74k copies, ≈ $187k–$503k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 141 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cozy (8 of 8) and Shop Keeper (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shop Keeper + Cozy, priced around $15.
When they shipped: 7 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Cozy Keep: Farm, Craft, Manage 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34k–$91k after Steam's cut $62k–$140k before Steam's cut	$14.99	332 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessShop Keeper
Winkeltje: The Little Shop 2022	Est. copies ≈ 45k–74k 5.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $187k–$503k after Steam's cut $340k–$774k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Shop KeeperCozy
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