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How many copies did Worms Pinball sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 33k–54k
$73k–$196k after Steam's cut $132k–$301k before Steam's cut
from 524 reviews (Mixed)

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 Worms Pinball and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Worms Pinball's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18k–562k
best case 1.3M (Ultra Street Fighter® IV)
Games like Worms Pinball

A typical game among these

≈ 18k–562k copies

≈ $65k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~716 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Ultra Street Fighter® IV at ≈ 955k–1.6M copies, ≈ $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Arcade (7 of 8) and Pinball (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Fighting + Arcade, priced around $30.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2007 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).

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Est. copies
≈ 29k–48k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
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$19.99
1k reviews
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PinballIndie
Peggle Deluxe
2007
Est. copies
≈ 921k–1.5M
20x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
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CasualPuzzle
Ultra Street Fighter® IV
2014
Est. copies
≈ 955k–1.6M
24x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.6M before Steam's cut
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17k reviews
Very Positive
FightingArcade
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≈ 13k–21k
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Est. revenue
$14k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$60k before Steam's cut
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269 reviews
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AdventureAction
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PinballFree to Play
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409 reviews
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SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
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$4.99
36 reviews
Positive
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