How much revenue did Deadlink make?

$625k–$1.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Deadlink sell?

Q: How many copies did Deadlink sell?

91k to 148k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 91k–148k; $625k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before the cut; from 4k 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 Deadlink out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deadlink's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–85k

best case 415k (SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE)

Games like Deadlink

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–85k copies

≈ $37k–$772k after Steam's cut

from ~441 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: SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE at ≈ 316k–514k copies, ≈ $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 104 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 5 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (7 of 8) and Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Time Manipulation, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 70 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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SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 316k–514k 29x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before the cut	$24.99	13k reviews Very Positive	FPSTime Manipulation
CYBERHUNK 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$4.99	103 reviews Very Positive	FPSBoomer Shooter
GUNHEAD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $28k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before the cut	$19.99	209 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionIndie
Golden Light 2022	Est. copies ≈ 99k–161k 9.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $545k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $992k–$2.3M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	3DAction
COMPOUND 2022	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $291k–$784k after Steam's cut $530k–$1.2M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-lite
Maze 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	86 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeCyberpunk
Black Ice 2014	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $207k–$557k after Steam's cut $377k–$857k before the cut	$19.99	673 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessExploration
BeachHead 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $11k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$47k before the cut	$14.99	111 reviews Mixed	CombatPost-apocalyptic