How many copies did Inklings sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 33 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Inklings make?

Inklings is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Inklings?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 1k–2k; from 33 reviews (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 Inklings and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Inklings's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 13k–30k

best case 219k (Zombie Night Terror)

Games like Inklings

A typical game among these

≈ 13k–30k copies

≈ $18k–$116k after Steam's cut

from ~329 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: Zombie Night Terror at ≈ 167k–271k copies, ≈ $597k–$1.6M 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 Lemmings (7 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Lemmings, priced around $13. The breakout hits carry Level Editor + Moddable + Online Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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).

Similar games

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HUMANITY 2023	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $105k–$283k after Steam's cut $191k–$435k before Steam's cut	$29.99	514 reviews Very Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Contraption Maker 2014	Est. copies ≈ 74k–120k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $263k–$708k after Steam's cut $479k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle2D
Save the Dodos 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $13k–$31k before Steam's cut	$2.99	217 reviews Very Positive	IndieCasual
Zombie Night Terror 2016	Est. copies ≈ 167k–271k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $597k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$12.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesStrategy
Clones 2010	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before Steam's cut	$1.99	396 reviews Mostly Positive	LemmingsIndie
Spirits 2012	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$75k before Steam's cut	$3.99	262 reviews Mixed	IndieLemmings
Cargo! The Quest for Gravity 2011	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $78k–$210k after Steam's cut $142k–$323k before Steam's cut	$9.99	450 reviews Very Positive	AdventurePhysics
Crossing Guard Joe 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $8k–$23k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before Steam's cut	$5.99	205 reviews Very Positive	ActionCasual