How much revenue did Philophobia: The Fear of Love make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Philophobia: The Fear of Love sell?

Q: How many copies did Philophobia: The Fear of Love sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 71 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$24k before the cut; from 71 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Philophobia: The Fear of Love out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Philophobia: The Fear of Love's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 268k–1.4M

best case 5.8M (Celeste)

Games like Philophobia: The Fear of Love

The middle of these games

≈ 268k–1.4M copies

≈ $1.2M–$10.9M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (8 of 8) and Precision Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2021, and none of them 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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