How much revenue did Sherlock Holmes The Awakened make?

$809k–$2.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sherlock Holmes The Awakened sell?

Q: How many copies did Sherlock Holmes The Awakened sell?

74k to 120k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74k–120k; $809k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M 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 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sherlock Holmes The Awakened's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 43k–315k

best case 553k (Call of Cthulhu®)

Games like Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

The middle of these games

≈ 43k–315k copies

≈ $292k–$3.2M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Call of Cthulhu® at ≈ 421k–685k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Detective (6 of 8) and Lovecraftian (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Lovecraftian + Horror, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2021, 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 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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Call of Cthulhu® 2018	Est. copies ≈ 421k–685k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before the cut	$19.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	LovecraftianHorror
The Chrono Jotter 2021	Est. copies ≈ 56k–91k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $185k–$498k after Steam's cut $337k–$767k before the cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelIndie
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2014	Est. copies ≈ 503k–817k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before the cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	MysteryAtmospheric
The Sinking City Remastered 2021	Est. copies ≈ 139k–225k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before the cut	$39.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	LovecraftianThird-Person Shooter
Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder 2014	Est. copies ≈ 35k–58k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $78k–$209k after Steam's cut $142k–$322k before the cut	$7.99	633 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureHorror
The Darkside Detective 2017	Est. copies ≈ 180k–292k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $741k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.1M before the cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickDetective
Black Mirror 2017	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $205k–$550k after Steam's cut $372k–$846k before the cut	$29.99	721 reviews Mixed	AdventureViolent
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2017	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $52k–$141k after Steam's cut $95k–$216k before the cut	$8.99	615 reviews Very Positive	FMVLovecraftian