How much revenue did House of Detention make?

An estimated 76k to 205k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did House of Detention sell?

Q: How many copies did House of Detention sell?

An estimated 281k to 456k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 281k–456k; $76k–$205k net $139k–$316k gross; from 11k 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 House of Detention out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including House of Detention's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–4.5M

best case 23.0M (DARK SOULS™ III)

The Atmospheric lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 1.4M copies.

A typical game

≈ 1.4M copies

≈ $14.3M after Steam's cut

from ~40k reviews

Best case

≈ 23.0M copies

DARK SOULS™ III · ≈ $532.3M after Steam's cut

from 437k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Souls-like + Dark Fantasy, priced around $60.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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