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How many copies did Boo Men sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 66k–107k
$145k–$389k after Steam's cut $263k–$598k before the cut
from 3k 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 Boo Men out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Boo Men's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–1.5M
best case 27.3M (Phasmophobia)
Games like Boo Men

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–1.5M copies

≈ $4k–$15.6M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.8M–33.8M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$307.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 235 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 12 to 40k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Horror (6 of 8) and Heist (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20.
The era
4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.
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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2017
Est. copies
≈ 1.1M–1.7M
13x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$11.7M–$31.5M after Steam's cut $21.3M–$48.4M before the cut
$39.99
31k reviews
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The Memory Thieves
2024
Est. copies
≈ 1k–2k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut
$6.99
50 reviews
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Early AccessHeist
Thief
2014
Est. copies
≈ 1.3M–2.2M
10x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.6M before the cut
$19.99
24k reviews
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StealthAction
Phasmophobia
2020
Est. copies
≈ 20.8M–33.8M
359x vs typical
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$114.2M–$307.1M after Steam's cut $207.7M–$472.5M before the cut
$19.99
838k reviews
Very Positive
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≈ 13k–21k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$36k–$96k after Steam's cut $65k–$147k before the cut
$9.99
522 reviews
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Early AccessHorror
Whispers in the Dark
2021
Est. copies
≈ 521–846
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$715–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut
$4.99
21 reviews
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Dark Hours
2025
Est. copies
≈ 103k–167k
1.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$282k–$758k after Steam's cut $513k–$1.2M before the cut
$9.99
4k reviews
Very Positive
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GraveyardGambit
2024
Est. copies
≈ 496–806
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Est. revenue
$681–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut
$4.99
20 reviews
Positive
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