How much revenue did The Secret of Retropolis make?

$13k–$35k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Secret of Retropolis sell?

Q: How many copies did The Secret of Retropolis sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 189 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $23k–$53k before the cut; from 189 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 The Secret of Retropolis out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Secret of Retropolis's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–83k

best case 27.3M (Phasmophobia)

Games like The Secret of Retropolis

The middle of these games

≈ 12k–83k copies

≈ $81k–$744k after Steam's cut

from ~527 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.8M–33.8M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$307.1M 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 440 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 36 to 40k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (6 of 8) and Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Online Co-Op + Multiplayer + Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 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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Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.8M 1590x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$307.1M after Steam's cut $207.7M–$472.5M before the cut	$19.99	838k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Syberia: The World Before 2022	Est. copies ≈ 125k–203k 9.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before the cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	AdventureStory Rich
HINGE VR 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $49k–$112k before the cut	$19.99	199 reviews Mostly Positive	VRHorror
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files 2017	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $331k–$889k after Steam's cut $601k–$1.4M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mixed	AdventureAction
Curious Cases 2019	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $39k–$88k before the cut	$6.99	386 reviews Mostly Positive	Puzzle Horror
Batman™: Arkham VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 87k–141k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $476k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $866k–$2.0M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mixed	VRAdventure
The Invisible Hours 2017	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $150k–$402k after Steam's cut $272k–$618k before the cut	$29.99	527 reviews Very Positive	AdventureCasual
Hello Neighbor VR: Search and Rescue 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $61k–$164k after Steam's cut $111k–$252k before the cut	$29.99	298 reviews Mostly Positive	VRSurvival Horror