How much revenue did Spellarium 12 make?

$354–$952 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Spellarium 12 sell?

Q: How many copies did Spellarium 12 sell?

99 to 161 copies, based on its 4 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 99–161; $354–$952 after Steam's cut $643–$1k before Steam's cut; from 4 reviews (4 user reviews); Only 4 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Spellarium 12 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Spellarium 12's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 98–130

best case 677k (Bejeweled® 3)

Games like Spellarium 12

A typical game among these

≈ 98–130 copies

≈ $490–$502 after Steam's cut

from ~4 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: Bejeweled® 3 at ≈ 516k–838k copies, ≈ $708k–$1.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 2 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Mahjong (7 of 8) and Match 3 (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Free to Play + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2024, and 2 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 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
Spellarium 5 2024	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $204–$550 after Steam's cut $370–$846 before Steam's cut	$9.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Match 3Hidden Object
Laruaville 13 Match 3 Puzzle 2022	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $265–$715 after Steam's cut $481–$1k before Steam's cut	$12.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Match 3Hidden Object
Lost Lands: Mahjong 2016	Est. copies ≈ 228k–371k 1566x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCasual
Laruaville 12 2022	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $478–$1k after Steam's cut $869–$2k before Steam's cut	$9.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	Match 3Hidden Object
Spellarium 8 Match 3 Puzzle 2022	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $272–$732 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before Steam's cut	$9.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Match 3Hidden Object
Bejeweled® 3 2010	Est. copies ≈ 516k–838k 2332x 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
Laruaville 10 Match 3 Puzzle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $272–$732 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before Steam's cut	$9.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Match 3Hidden Object
Laruaville 15 2024	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $265–$715 after Steam's cut $481–$1k before Steam's cut	$12.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Match 3Casual