How much revenue did Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy make?

$102k–$275k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy sell?

Q: How many copies did Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy sell?

25k to 40k copies, based on its 720 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25k–40k; $102k–$275k after Steam's cut $186k–$422k before Steam's cut; from 720 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 Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 929k–5.3M

best case 38.8M (Portal 2)

Games like Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

A typical game among these

≈ 929k–5.3M copies

≈ $6.2M–$64.2M after Steam's cut

from ~47k 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: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.5M–48.0M copies, ≈ $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 16k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (5 of 8) and Story Rich (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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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Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–48.0M 10.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut $147.5M–$335.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	467k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
It Takes Two 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $73.7M–$198.3M after Steam's cut $134.1M–$305.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	270k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
Chants of Sennaar 2023	Est. copies ≈ 869k–1.4M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.8M–$12.8M after Steam's cut $8.7M–$19.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Little Nightmares II 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.3M after Steam's cut $21.8M–$49.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	59k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAdventure
INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.8M–$58.7M after Steam's cut $39.7M–$90.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2.5DPuzzle-Platformer
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst 2020	Est. copies ≈ 411k–668k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	17k reviews Mostly Positive	ParkourFemale Protagonist
FAR: Lone Sails 2018	Est. copies ≈ 806k–1.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AtmosphericAdventure
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince 2019	Est. copies ≈ 413k–671k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.2M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerLocal Co-Op