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How many copies did Lab Rat sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 10k–16k
$52k–$141k after Steam's cut $95k–$217k before the cut
from 385 reviews (Very Positive)

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

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We left Lab Rat out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lab Rat's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 67k–116k
best case 1.5M (Hello Neighbor)
Games like Lab Rat

The middle of these games

≈ 67k–116k copies

≈ $210k–$290k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Hello Neighbor at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $9.2M–$24.8M 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 366 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 172 to 930.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on First-Person (5 of 8) and Comedy (3 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Horror + Sandbox, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Stealth + Action-Adventure + Survival Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
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

Hello Neighbor
2017
Est. copies
≈ 1.1M–1.8M
15x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$9.2M–$24.8M after Steam's cut $16.8M–$38.2M before the cut
$29.99
33k reviews
Very Positive
HorrorSandbox
The Baby In Yellow
2023
Est. copies
≈ 62k–101k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$153k–$411k after Steam's cut $278k–$632k before the cut
$8.99
2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Early AccessStory Rich
Kill It With Fire: HEATWAVE
2020
Est. copies
≈ 54k–87k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
2k reviews
Very Positive
SandboxSimulation
RATSHAKER™
2024
Est. copies
≈ 94k–153k
1.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$78k–$209k after Steam's cut $141k–$321k before the cut
$2.99
4k reviews
Very Positive
Gravitas
2019
Est. copies
≈ 206k–334k
3.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Free to PlayPuzzle
Toilet Chronicles
2022
Est. copies
≈ 41k–67k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$114k–$306k after Steam's cut $207k–$471k before the cut
$9.99
2k reviews
Very Positive
First-PersonAdventure
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
2015
Est. copies
≈ 49k–80k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$406k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $738k–$1.7M before the cut
$29.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
FantasyAdventure
The Journey Down: Chapter One
2013
Est. copies
≈ 82k–133k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$157k–$423k after Steam's cut $286k–$650k before the cut
$6.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
AdventurePoint & Click

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