How much revenue did Zoombinis make?

$215k–$579k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zoombinis sell?

Q: How many copies did Zoombinis sell?

65k to 106k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 65k–106k; $215k–$579k after Steam's cut $391k–$891k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Zoombinis and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zoombinis's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–2k

best case 29k (Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy)

Games like Zoombinis

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–2k copies

≈ $1k–$4k after Steam's cut

from ~39 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Puzzle (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy at ≈ 22k–36k copies, ≈ $92k–$247k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (4 of 8) and Simulation (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Puzzle; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2020, 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
Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy 2010	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k 9.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $92k–$247k after Steam's cut $167k–$380k before Steam's cut	$14.99	353 reviews Very Positive	DetectiveExploration
aMAZE ZER0 2017	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k 7.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$1.99	290 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleSingleplayer
Obstruction : VR 2018	Est. copies ≈ 243–395 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $333–$897 after Steam's cut $606–$1k before Steam's cut	$4.99	8 reviews 8 user reviews	IndieCasual
Archaica: The Path of Light 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 6.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $38k–$103k after Steam's cut $69k–$158k before Steam's cut	$14.99	269 reviews Very Positive	IndiePuzzle
Power Brain Trainer 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$11.99	39 reviews Positive	IndieCasual
Best Life Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$2.99	42 reviews Mixed	IndieStrategy
Colorful 3D II 2020	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $239–$640 after Steam's cut $434–$985 before Steam's cut	$4.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	CasualSimulation
Power Tester 2020	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $545–$1k after Steam's cut $990–$2k before Steam's cut	$3.99	20 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualSimulation