How many copies did Decoherence sell?

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

How much revenue did Decoherence make?

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

How big is Decoherence?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 818–1k; 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 Decoherence and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Decoherence's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–6k

best case 243k (Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate)

Games like Decoherence

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–6k copies

≈ $12k–$22k after Steam's cut

from ~130 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

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 Turn-Based Tactics (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: Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate at ≈ 185k–300k copies, ≈ $508k–$1.4M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 223 reviews in their first month; the range was 73 to 977.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based Tactics (4 of 8) and Tactical (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Chess + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Strategy + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 2 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 52 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
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate 2022	Est. copies ≈ 185k–300k 57x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $508k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $923k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	ChessTurn-Based Strategy
Broken Lines 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $119k–$321k after Steam's cut $217k–$493k before Steam's cut	$24.99	700 reviews Mostly Positive	WarSingleplayer
Tactical Combat Department 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before Steam's cut	$4.99	118 reviews Mixed	MilitaryIsometric
No Plan B 2024	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $83k–$224k after Steam's cut $152k–$345k before Steam's cut	$14.99	816 reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie
Takara Cards 2025	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$61k before Steam's cut	$14.99	145 reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerChoices Matter
NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics 2017	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$36k after Steam's cut $24k–$55k before Steam's cut	$3.99	352 reviews Mostly Positive	Shoot 'Em UpTurn-Based
GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena 2019	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $109k–$293k after Steam's cut $198k–$450k before Steam's cut	$14.99	917 reviews Very Positive	StrategyArtificial Intelligence
Special Tactics 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	130 reviews Very Positive	Real Time TacticsPvP