Understand sales estimate

Understand is a casual game by Artless Games, released on Steam on October 30, 2020 at $3.99. It has 836 Steam reviews (Very Positive, 90% positive). Markan estimates it has sold between 17k and 46k copies on Steam, for $23k to $64k in net revenue.

Estimated lifetime sales and revenue

	Low	Medium	High
Copies sold	16,720	31,768	45,980
Net revenue (USD)	$23,200	$44,080	$63,800

Steam doesn't publish sales. These estimates multiply the number of reviews by a factor that depends on the release year (the Boxleiter method). Net revenue is what's left of list price × sales after refunds, regional pricing, discounts, sales tax and Steam's 30% cut, before any publisher's share. Treat them as a ballpark for comparing games, not as reported figures.

Steam facts

Developer	Artless Games
Publisher	Artless Games
Release date	October 30, 2020
Price	$3.99 (US list price)
Reviews	836 · Very Positive · 90% positive
Genres	Casual, Indie
Platforms	Windows, macOS
Links	Steam store page

2DAbstractCasualDifficultEducationExperimentalIndieLogicMinimalistMouse OnlyPuzzleSingleplayer

Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.From the Steam store page

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Data from Steam, last updated by Markan on 2026-11-13.