# The Salesman

> Probable indie-scope game profile, served by indielist (https://indielist.games). Sales estimate uses a transparent Boxleiter-derived heuristic; its fixed display range is not a statistically validated confidence interval.

## Snapshot
- **Indie scope**: probable
- **Classification reason**: steam_store_genre:Indie
- **Classification evidence**: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4059360/
- **Primary genre**: Adventure
- **Release year**: 2025
- **Release date**: Nov 13, 2025
- **Platforms**: linux, mac, windows
- **Genres**: Adventure, Indie, Simulation
- **Launch price**: $4.99 USD
- **Steam reviews**: 722
- **Positive review %**: 82%
- **Steam app**: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4059360

## Developer
- **Studio**: [Backstab Industries](https://indielist.games/studios/backstab-industries)

## Publisher
- **Name**: [Bad Ideas Productions](https://indielist.games/publishers/bad-ideas-productions)

## Sales estimate (white-box, version v1.0)

- **Units (median)**: 21,660 (range 12,996 – 30,324)
- **Net revenue (median)**: $61,737 USD
- **Boxleiter NB used**: 30
- **Algorithm version**: v1.0

### NB breakdown
- `base`: +50
- `year_2025`: -10
- `price_$5`: -20
- `positive_82%`: 0
- `genre_Adventure`: +10

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Source: indielist (https://indielist.games/games/the-salesman-4059360)
Estimates are not official sales data. Methodology: docs/sales-algorithm.md. Always verify large numbers with official sources before citing.