How much revenue did The Red Strings Club make?

$1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Red Strings Club sell?

Q: How many copies did The Red Strings Club sell?

435k to 708k copies, based on its 14k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 435k–708k; $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut; from 14k 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 The Red Strings Club and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Red Strings Club's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 203k–1.2M

best case 8.6M (Detroit: Become Human)

Games like The Red Strings Club

A typical game among these

≈ 203k–1.2M copies

≈ $1.8M–$5.5M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Detroit: Become Human at ≈ 6.6M–10.7M copies, ≈ $72.1M–$193.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 860 reviews in their first month; the range was 329 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (7 of 8) and Choices Matter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Choices Matter + Story Rich, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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).

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Detroit: Become Human 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.6M–10.7M 33x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $72.1M–$193.9M after Steam's cut $131.1M–$298.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	264k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
Haven 2020	Est. copies ≈ 152k–246k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RomanceAction-Adventure
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CyberpunkVisual Novel
DRAMAtical Murder 2021	Est. copies ≈ 124k–202k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $682k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	LGBTQ+Sexual Content
Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 275k–447k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$16.99	10k reviews Very Positive	PuzzlePixel Graphics
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You 2016	Est. copies ≈ 648k–1.1M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterPolitical Sim
Dreamfall Chapters 2017	Est. copies ≈ 156k–254k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	AdventureStory Rich
Minds Beneath Us 2024	Est. copies ≈ 159k–259k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $876k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CinematicAtmospheric