How much revenue did Creepy Tale make?

$101k–$272k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Creepy Tale sell?

Q: How many copies did Creepy Tale sell?

74k to 120k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74k–120k; $101k–$272k after Steam's cut $184k–$418k before the cut; from 3k 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 Creepy Tale out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Creepy Tale's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 32k–38k

best case 199k (Creaks)

Games like Creepy Tale

The middle of these games

≈ 32k–38k copies

≈ $155k–$219k after Steam's cut

from ~981 reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Creaks at ≈ 152k–247k copies, ≈ $835k–$2.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 183 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 131 to 618.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Hand-drawn (6 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hand-drawn, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2023, 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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The Bridge 2013	Est. copies ≈ 275k–447k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $756k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerHand-drawn
LIBERATED 2020	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $119k–$319k after Steam's cut $216k–$491k before the cut	$19.99	870 reviews Mostly Positive	ConspiracyComic Book
My Memory of Us 2018	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $143k–$385k after Steam's cut $260k–$592k before the cut	$17.99	951 reviews Very Positive	RelaxingAction
Raji: An Ancient Epic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $483k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $878k–$2.0M before the cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	RelaxingMythology
Creaks 2020	Est. copies ≈ 152k–247k 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $835k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleHand-drawn
Munin 2014	Est. copies ≈ 61k–99k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $84k–$225k after Steam's cut $152k–$347k before the cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	IndiePuzzle-Platformer
Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance 2023	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $71k–$192k after Steam's cut $130k–$296k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Hand-drawn2D
SILT 2022	Est. copies ≈ 24k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $100k–$270k after Steam's cut $182k–$415k before the cut	$14.99	981 reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleAtmospheric