How much revenue did Zuma Deluxe make?

$594k–$1.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zuma Deluxe sell?

Q: How many copies did Zuma Deluxe sell?

433k to 703k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 433k–703k; $594k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut; from 7k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Zuma Deluxe and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zuma Deluxe's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 48k–154k

best case 677k (Bejeweled® 3)

Games like Zuma Deluxe

A typical game among these

≈ 48k–154k copies

≈ $53k–$804k 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Bejeweled® 3 at ≈ 516k–838k copies, ≈ $708k–$1.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Match 3 (6 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Match 3, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2019, 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 36 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Bejeweled® 3 2010	Est. copies ≈ 516k–838k 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $708k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual
Intergalactic Bubbles 2015	Est. copies ≈ 58k–95k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$132k before Steam's cut	$1.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIndie
Ninja Stealth 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $51k–$115k before Steam's cut	$4.99	589 reviews Very Positive	StealthStrategy
Hentai Asmodeus 2019	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before Steam's cut	$1.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Sexual ContentNudity
Chains 2009	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	610 reviews Mostly Positive	Match 3Puzzle
Zuma's Revenge! 2009	Est. copies ≈ 224k–364k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $307k–$826k after Steam's cut $559k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	CasualAction
CATGIRL LOVER 2019	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before Steam's cut	$1.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Sexual ContentNudity
Tumblestone 2016	Est. copies ≈ 82k–134k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $565k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual