How much revenue did Grimm & Tonic: Aperitif make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Grimm & Tonic: Aperitif sell?

Q: How many copies did Grimm & Tonic: Aperitif sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 46 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 46 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 Grimm & Tonic: Aperitif and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Grimm & Tonic: Aperitif's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18k–28k

best case 614k (This Is the Police)

Games like Grimm & Tonic: Aperitif

A typical game among these

≈ 18k–28k copies

≈ $105k–$208k after Steam's cut

from ~725 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: This Is the Police at ≈ 468k–760k copies, ≈ $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 160 reviews in their first month; the range was 69 to 291.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Visual Novel (7 of 8) and Noir (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Simulation + Management + Dark Humor; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 2 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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