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How many copies did Cold Call sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 2k–4k
$655–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut
from 97 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 Cold Call out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cold Call's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 44k–144k
best case 355k (Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit)
Games like Cold Call

The middle of these games

≈ 44k–144k copies

≈ $303k–$1.0M 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.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit at ≈ 271k–440k copies, ≈ $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 282 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 177 to 7k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Horror (8 of 8) and Survival Horror (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Horror + Exploration, priced around $20.
The era
The games you compared span 2012 to 2024, and 2 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).

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Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
2024
Est. copies
≈ 271k–440k
6.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before the cut
$19.99
11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
HorrorPixel Graphics
Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
2012
Est. copies
≈ 82k–134k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$226k–$609k after Steam's cut $412k–$937k before the cut
$9.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
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Withering Rooms
2024
Est. copies
≈ 38k–62k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$262k–$705k after Steam's cut $477k–$1.1M before the cut
$24.99
2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
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DARQ: Complete Edition
2019
Est. copies
≈ 121k–196k
2.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$664k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut
$19.99
4k reviews
Very Positive
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The Coma: Recut
2017
Est. copies
≈ 106k–172k
1.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$436k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $792k–$1.8M before the cut
$14.99
3k reviews
Very Positive
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Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2
2021
Est. copies
≈ 17k–27k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$75k before the cut
$3.99
667 reviews
Very Positive
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Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami
2021
Est. copies
≈ 19k–30k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$102k–$274k after Steam's cut $185k–$422k before the cut
$19.99
748 reviews
Mostly Positive
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2021
Est. copies
≈ 41k–67k
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Free
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