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How many copies did Plug & Play sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 229k–372k
$251k–$676k after Steam's cut $457k–$1.0M before the cut
from 5k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Plug & Play out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Plug & Play's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.6M–5.4M
best case 10.6M (Life is Strange - Episode 1)

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game
≈ 2.6M–5.4M copies
≈ $17.2M–$21.6M after Steam's cut
from ~54k reviews
Best case
≈ 8.1M–13.2M copies
Life is Strange - Episode 1
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Story Rich (4 of 8) and First-Person (3 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Story Rich + Choices Matter.
The era
None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2016. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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