How much revenue did Western Press make?

$17k–$45k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Western Press sell?

Q: How many copies did Western Press sell?

12k to 20k copies, based on its 293 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–20k; $17k–$45k after Steam's cut $30k–$69k before Steam's cut; from 293 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 562–91k

best case 474k (Cook, Serve, Delicious!)

Games like Western Press

A typical game among these

≈ 562–91k copies

≈ $1k–$687k after Steam's cut

from ~148 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cook, Serve, Delicious! at ≈ 361k–587k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 48 reviews in their first month; the range was 9 to 845.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Typing (7 of 8) and Arcade (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Time Management + Typing, priced around $13.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 1 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
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2013	Est. copies ≈ 361k–587k 39x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$12.99	6k reviews Very Positive	IndieTime Management
Slam Fighter II 2017	Est. copies ≈ 447–727 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $613–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	13 reviews Positive	IndieCasual
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! 2020	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k 16x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $315k–$847k after Steam's cut $573k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	TypingManagement
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! 2017	Est. copies ≈ 104k–169k 20x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $430k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $781k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	TypingCasual
Emoji Charades 2019	Est. copies ≈ 288–468 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $791–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$9.99	10 reviews Positive	Casual4 Player Local
Type King 2024	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $817–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$7.99	15 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerTyping
RiffTrax: The Game 2022	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$44k after Steam's cut $30k–$68k before Steam's cut	$9.99	241 reviews Very Positive	CasualBoard Game
Verse Surf 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	55 reviews Very Positive	CasualParty