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How many copies did The Norwood Suite sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 44k–72k
$122k–$329k after Steam's cut $222k–$505k before Steam's cut
from 1k 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 Norwood Suite and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Norwood Suite's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 566k–1.3M
best case 3.8M (The Stanley Parable)
Games like The Norwood Suite

A typical game among these

≈ 566k–1.3M copies

≈ $4.0M–$16.6M after Steam's cut

from ~20k 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: The Stanley Parable at ≈ 2.9M–4.7M copies, ≈ $11.9M–$32.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 5k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share First-Person (8 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Comedy + Narration, priced around $15.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2013 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

The Stanley Parable
2013
Est. copies
≈ 2.9M–4.7M
2.4x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$11.9M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.4M before Steam's cut
$14.99
46k reviews
Very Positive
ComedyNarration
Ghostwire: Tokyo
2022
Est. copies
≈ 526k–855k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut $15.8M–$35.9M before Steam's cut
$59.99
21k reviews
Very Positive
SingleplayerSupernatural
Viewfinder
2023
Est. copies
≈ 330k–536k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.4M before Steam's cut
$24.99
13k reviews
Very Positive
Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
The Witness
2016
Est. copies
≈ 900k–1.5M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$9.9M–$26.6M after Steam's cut $18.0M–$40.9M before Steam's cut
$39.99
22k reviews
Very Positive
PuzzleExploration
Antichamber
2013
Est. copies
≈ 1.1M–1.8M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.6M before Steam's cut
$19.99
18k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
PuzzleFirst-Person
The Exit 8
2023
Est. copies
≈ 289k–470k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$317k–$853k after Steam's cut $577k–$1.3M before Steam's cut
$3.99
12k reviews
Very Positive
Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
2014
Est. copies
≈ 465k–756k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut
$14.99
8k reviews
Very Positive
ComedyIndie
Superliminal
2020
Est. copies
≈ 848k–1.4M
1.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$4.7M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.3M before Steam's cut
$19.99
34k reviews
Very Positive
PuzzleFirst-Person

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