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How big is The Episodic?

Estimated owners
≈ 471–766
from 19 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–12k
best case 92k (Lorn's Lure)
Games like The Episodic

The middle of these games

≈ 8k–12k copies

≈ $14k–$54k after Steam's cut

from ~305 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: Lorn's Lure at ≈ 70k–114k copies, ≈ $290k–$779k 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 89 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 25 to 1k.
Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Action-Adventure (5 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Parkour + Dark, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Parkour + Singleplayer + 3D Platformer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2017 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 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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Lorn's Lure
2024
Est. copies
≈ 70k–114k
9.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$290k–$779k after Steam's cut $527k–$1.2M before the cut
$14.99
3k reviews
Very Positive
ParkourDark
Beasts of Maravilla Island
2021
Est. copies
≈ 13k–21k
1.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$35k–$95k after Steam's cut $64k–$145k before the cut
$9.99
516 reviews
Very Positive
ExplorationCollectathon
Barbotine
2024
Est. copies
≈ 4k–7k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before the cut
$2.99
176 reviews
Very Positive
PsychologicalSurreal
stikir
2019
Est. copies
≈ 9k–14k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before the cut
$2.99
305 reviews
Very Positive
SurrealGame Development
It Comes In Waves
2023
Est. copies
≈ 10k–16k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$33k before the cut
$2.99
389 reviews
Very Positive
ActionAdventure
The Utility Room
2023
Est. copies
≈ 7k–11k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$104k before the cut
$12.99
285 reviews
Very Positive
VRIndie
Amber Tail Adventure
2017
Est. copies
≈ 6k–9k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before the cut
$4.99
165 reviews
Mostly Positive
ActionAdventure
Recursive Ruin
2022
Est. copies
≈ 8k–13k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$33k–$90k after Steam's cut $61k–$138k before the cut
$14.99
326 reviews
Mostly Positive
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