How much revenue did Storyteller make?

$931k–$2.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Storyteller sell?

Q: How many copies did Storyteller sell?

226k to 367k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 226k–367k; $931k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before the cut; from 9k reviews (Very 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 Storyteller out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Storyteller's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 353k–868k

best case 1.5M (Sally Face - Episode One)

Games like Storyteller

The middle of these games

≈ 353k–868k copies

≈ $1.6M–$4.1M after Steam's cut

from ~13k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Sally Face - Episode One at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $959k–$2.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 953 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (7 of 8) and Story Rich (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Psychological Horror, priced around $3.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 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 61 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Sally Face - Episode One 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $959k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before the cut	$2.99	28k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story Rich Psychological Horror
Little Misfortune 2019	Est. copies ≈ 406k–660k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.2M before the cut	$19.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorPoint & Click
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery 2021	Est. copies ≈ 191k–310k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $681k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before the cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericSingleplayer
The Case of the Golden Idol 2022	Est. copies ≈ 271k–440k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before the cut	$17.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MysteryDetective
Her Story 2015	Est. copies ≈ 507k–824k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before the cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	InvestigationTyping
No Case Should Remain Unsolved 2024	Est. copies ≈ 263k–427k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $505k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $918k–$2.1M before the cut	$6.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Interactive FictionPuzzle
Gorogoa 2017	Est. copies ≈ 712k–1.2M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before the cut	$14.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleHand-drawn
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension 2020	Est. copies ≈ 644k–1.0M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before the cut	$12.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieAdventure