How much revenue did Hollow Witch make?

$782–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hollow Witch sell?

Q: How many copies did Hollow Witch sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $782–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut; from 23 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 Hollow Witch out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hollow Witch's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 195–781

best case 5.8M (Celeste)

Games like Hollow Witch

The middle of these games

≈ 195–781 copies

≈ $242–$1k after Steam's cut

from ~22 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 18 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Precision Platformer (6 of 8) and Souls-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Great Soundtrack + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2025, and 3 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 38 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 6652x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut $44.5M–$101.2M before the cut	$19.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
La-Mulana 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k 49x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $226k–$607k after Steam's cut $410k–$933k before the cut	$24.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventureMetroidvania
Splash Adventure: The Maze of Morla 2018	Est. copies ≈ 91–148 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $75–$202 after Steam's cut $136–$310 before the cut	$2.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Top-Down ShooterDungeon Crawler
Neither Day nor Night 2020	Est. copies ≈ 620–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	25 reviews Mixed	AdventurePrecision Platformer
Goat's Tale Adventure 2024	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $299–$803 after Steam's cut $543–$1k before the cut	$1.99	22 reviews Mostly Positive	DifficultPsychological Horror
Bunny Flush 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $54–$146 after Steam's cut $99–$224 before the cut	$1.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	CasualAdventure
Pal Up! 2024	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $625–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$3.99	23 reviews Mostly Positive	Souls-likeFemale Protagonist
Pudding Frog 2025	Est. copies ≈ 198–322 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $326–$878 after Steam's cut $593–$1k before the cut	$5.99	8 reviews 8 user reviews	IndiePrecision Platformer