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How many copies did Before Your Eyes sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 590k–959k
$1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before the cut
from 24k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Before Your Eyes out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Before Your Eyes's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 324k–794k
best case 1.5M (Sally Face - Episode One)
Games like Before Your Eyes

The middle of these games

≈ 324k–794k copies

≈ $1.7M–$7.2M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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: Sally Face - Episode One at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $959k–$2.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 660 to 5k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Story Rich (8 of 8) and Female Protagonist (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Story Rich + Psychological Horror, priced around $3.
The era
The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, and 1 of your 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).

Similar games

Sally Face - Episode One
2016
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–1.9M
2.4x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$959k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before the cut
$2.99
28k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Impostor Factory
2021
Est. copies
≈ 319k–518k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$875k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut
$9.99
13k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Story RichEmotional
Life is Strange: Double Exposure
2024
Est. copies
≈ 262k–426k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$3.6M–$9.7M after Steam's cut $6.6M–$14.9M before the cut
$49.99
11k reviews
Mixed
Choices MatterLGBTQ+
Life is Strange: True Colors
2021
Est. copies
≈ 418k–679k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$6.9M–$18.5M after Steam's cut $12.5M–$28.5M before the cut
$59.99
17k reviews
Very Positive
Choices MatterStory Rich
Gone Home
2013
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–1.9M
1.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$4.8M–$12.9M after Steam's cut $8.7M–$19.9M before the cut
$14.99
18k reviews
Mostly Positive
Twelve Minutes
2021
Est. copies
≈ 200k–326k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before the cut
$24.99
8k reviews
Mostly Positive
IndieAdventure
Life is Strange Remastered
2022
Est. copies
≈ 271k–440k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.3M before the cut
$39.99
11k reviews
Very Positive
Choices MatterStory Rich
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
2021
Est. copies
≈ 191k–310k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$681k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before the cut
$12.99
8k reviews
Very Positive
AtmosphericSingleplayer

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