How much revenue did DreadHaunt make?

$7k–$18k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DreadHaunt sell?

Q: How many copies did DreadHaunt sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 50 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before the cut; from 50 reviews (Mixed)

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 DreadHaunt out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DreadHaunt's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 676k–4.7M

best case 50.8M (Dead by Daylight)

Games like DreadHaunt

The middle of these games

≈ 676k–4.7M copies

≈ $4.8M–$74.1M after Steam's cut

from ~31k 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: Dead by Daylight at ≈ 38.7M–62.9M copies, ≈ $212.7M–$571.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (8 of 8) and Survival Horror (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 to 2023, and none of them 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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DreadOut 2014	Est. copies ≈ 320k–520k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorIndie
Resident Evil 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.4M–10.4M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $70.1M–$188.4M after Steam's cut $127.4M–$289.8M before the cut	$39.99	221k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2023	Est. copies ≈ 580k–943k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.4M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.9M before the cut	$14.99	23k reviews Mixed	HorrorMultiplayer
Dead Space (2008) 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.1M–$27.2M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$41.9M before the cut	$19.99	29k reviews Very Positive	HorrorSci-fi
Silent Hill Homecoming 2008	Est. copies ≈ 251k–408k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before the cut	$39.99	4k reviews Mixed	HorrorAdventure
Dead by Daylight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 38.7M–62.9M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $212.7M–$571.8M after Steam's cut $386.7M–$879.7M before the cut	$19.99	930k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Friday the 13th: The Game 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	77k reviews Very Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
The Evil Within 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.3M–$27.8M after Steam's cut $18.8M–$42.7M before the cut	$19.99	34k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror