How much revenue did Kombine make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kombine sell?

Q: How many copies did Kombine sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 152 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut; from 152 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 Kombine and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kombine's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–15k

best case 51k (Chains)

Games like Kombine

A typical game among these

≈ 5k–15k copies

≈ $14k–$61k after Steam's cut

from ~235 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.

Best case: Chains at ≈ 39k–63k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 32 reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 60.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Match 3 (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Match 3 + Puzzle.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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
Chains 2009	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	610 reviews Mostly Positive	Match 3Puzzle
Dissembler 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$4.99	120 reviews Very Positive	IndieLogic
Puzzle - LINES AND KNOTS 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$48k after Steam's cut $32k–$74k before Steam's cut	$9.99	261 reviews Very Positive	CasualPuzzle
Minesweeper: Collector 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$7.99	139 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Sagrada 2020	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $30k–$81k after Steam's cut $55k–$125k before Steam's cut	$9.99	443 reviews Very Positive	Board GameTabletop
Purino Party 2016	Est. copies ≈ 11k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $38k–$102k after Steam's cut $69k–$157k before Steam's cut	$11.99	276 reviews Mixed	PuzzleMatch 3
Puzzle - STONE BLOCKS 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$33k before Steam's cut	$10.99	108 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleLogic
Gems of the Aztecs 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $36k–$96k after Steam's cut $65k–$148k before Steam's cut	$14.99	208 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualMatch 3