How much revenue did Gems of the Aztecs make?

$36k–$96k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gems of the Aztecs sell?

Q: How many copies did Gems of the Aztecs sell?

9k to 14k copies, based on its 208 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–14k; $36k–$96k after Steam's cut $65k–$148k before Steam's cut; from 208 reviews (Mostly 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 Gems of the Aztecs and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gems of the Aztecs's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–131k

best case 568k (Zuma Deluxe)

Games like Gems of the Aztecs

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–131k copies

≈ $8k–$313k after Steam's cut

from ~197 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: Zuma Deluxe at ≈ 433k–703k copies, ≈ $594k–$1.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (8 of 8) and Match 3 (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Match 3 + Puzzle, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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).

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