How much revenue did Quell make?

$24k–$65k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Quell sell?

Q: How many copies did Quell sell?

22k to 36k copies, based on its 452 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–36k; $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$100k before Steam's cut; from 452 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 Quell and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Quell's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 148k–256k

best case 151k (I commissioned some bees 0)

Games like Quell

A typical game among these

≈ 148k–256k copies

≈ $683k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: I commissioned some bees 0 at ≈ 115k–187k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 341 reviews in their first month; the range was 9 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hand-drawn (6 of 8) and Hidden Object (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hidden Object + Nature.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Bridge 2013	Est. copies ≈ 275k–447k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $756k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerHand-drawn
I commissioned some bees 0 2023	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Hidden ObjectNature
The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo 2023	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $114k–$307k after Steam's cut $208k–$473k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
Subway Midnight 2021	Est. copies ≈ 33k–54k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $91k–$243k after Steam's cut $165k–$375k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Psychological HorrorColorful
100 hidden eternals 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$0.99	689 reviews Very Positive	CasualHidden Object
100 hidden aliens 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$0.99	546 reviews Very Positive	CasualHidden Object
100 hidden snails 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before Steam's cut	$0.99	623 reviews Very Positive	CasualHidden Object
When The Past Was Around 2020	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $242k–$650k after Steam's cut $440k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$7.99	4k reviews Very Positive	CuteHidden Object