How much revenue did Existensis make?

$5k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Existensis sell?

Q: How many copies did Existensis sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 45 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before the cut; from 45 reviews (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 Existensis out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Existensis's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–111k

best case 442k (The Forgotten City)

Games like Existensis

The middle of these games

≈ 11k–111k copies

≈ $30k–$673k after Steam's cut

from ~652 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Forgotten City at ≈ 337k–548k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 191 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 17 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (7 of 8) and Story Rich (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Time Travel + Mystery, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 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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The Forgotten City 2021	Est. copies ≈ 337k–548k 21x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before the cut	$24.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureTime Travel
Aquaria 2008	Est. copies ≈ 97k–157k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $266k–$715k after Steam's cut $484k–$1.1M before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaIndie
Islands of Insight 2024	Est. copies ≈ 80k–131k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $663k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$29.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerNonlinear
Druid 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before the cut	$2.99	273 reviews Mostly Positive	Metroidvania2.5D
Chionophile 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$0.99	212 reviews Very Positive	ExperimentalExploration
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Judero 2024	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $50k–$134k after Steam's cut $91k–$207k before the cut	$17.99	407 reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashStory Rich