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How many copies did Killer in the cabin sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 3k–5k
$6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$26k before the cut
from 131 reviews (Mostly 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 Killer in the cabin out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Killer in the cabin's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–19k
best case 50k (Suspects: Mystery Mansion)
Games like Killer in the cabin

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–19k copies

≈ $3k–$31k after Steam's cut

from ~340 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Suspects: Mystery Mansion at ≈ 38k–62k copies.

What it took to get here
The games that made it here had under 296 reviews in their first month.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Social Deduction (6 of 8) and Co-op (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Conversation + Social Deduction.
The era
4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.
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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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