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How many copies did Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 15k–24k
$61k–$164k after Steam's cut $111k–$252k before Steam's cut
from 486 reviews (Mostly 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 Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–15k
best case 209k (Faerie Solitaire)
Games like Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret

A typical game among these

≈ 10k–15k copies

≈ $33k–$74k after Steam's cut

from ~317 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.

Best case: Faerie Solitaire at ≈ 160k–259k copies, ≈ $658k–$1.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Board Game (7 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Board Game, priced around $12.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2010 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 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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2017
Est. copies
≈ 22k–36k
2.0x vs typical
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$91k–$244k after Steam's cut $165k–$375k before Steam's cut
$14.99
640 reviews
Very Positive
Card GameBoard Game
Island Farmer - Jigsaw Puzzle
2021
Est. copies
≈ 14k–22k
1.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut
$1.99
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PuzzleTabletop
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2015
Est. copies
≈ 44k–71k
2.8x vs typical
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899 reviews
Very Positive
SolitaireVisual Novel
Regency Solitaire II
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Est. copies
≈ 6k–10k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before Steam's cut
$14.99
249 reviews
Very Positive
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Cat Lady - The Card Game
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Est. copies
≈ 9k–15k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before Steam's cut
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327 reviews
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Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire
2015
Est. copies
≈ 36k–59k
2.3x vs typical
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$4.99
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Alice's Patchworks 2
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Est. copies
≈ 13k–21k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$54k–$146k after Steam's cut $99k–$225k before Steam's cut
$14.99
317 reviews
Very Positive
CasualIndie
Faerie Solitaire
2010
Est. copies
≈ 160k–259k
8.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$658k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut
$14.99
3k reviews
Very Positive
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