How much revenue did Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island make?

$232k–$623k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island sell?

Q: How many copies did Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island sell?

169k to 274k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 169k–274k; $232k–$623k after Steam's cut $421k–$958k before Steam's cut; from 6k 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 Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 62k–127k

best case 219k (Duck Detective: The Secret Salami)

Games like Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island

A typical game among these

≈ 62k–127k copies

≈ $153k–$378k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Duck Detective: The Secret Salami at ≈ 167k–271k copies, ≈ $458k–$1.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 683 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Detective (8 of 8) and Mystery (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Investigation, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 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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Puzzle Agent 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 73k–119k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $101k–$271k after Steam's cut $183k–$417k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Puzzle Agent 2010	Est. copies ≈ 180k–292k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $247k–$663k after Steam's cut $448k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure
The Journey Down: Chapter Two 2014	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $129k–$348k after Steam's cut $235k–$535k before Steam's cut	$14.99	560 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AtmosphericNoir
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami 2024	Est. copies ≈ 167k–271k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $458k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $832k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveInvestigation
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Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard 2019	Est. copies ≈ 63k–103k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $87k–$234k after Steam's cut $158k–$360k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ComedyCasual
Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping 2025	Est. copies ≈ 70k–113k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $191k–$514k after Steam's cut $347k–$790k before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualAdventure
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