How many copies did Deceit 2 sell?

168k to 274k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Deceit 2 make?

Deceit 2 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Deceit 2?

Estimated owners: ≈ 168k–274k; from 7k 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 Deceit 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deceit 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–147k

best case 4.2M (Deceit)

Games like Deceit 2

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–147k copies

≈ $8k–$158k after Steam's cut

from ~896 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: Deceit at ≈ 3.2M–5.2M copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 105 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 16 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (8 of 8) and Social Deduction (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Social Deduction.
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 43 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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Deceit 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M 103x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	92k reviews Mostly Positive	PvPMultiplayer
In Silence 2021	Est. copies ≈ 296k–482k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $815k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before the cut	$9.99	12k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Sinister Night 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before the cut	$9.99	172 reviews Mixed	HorrorMultiplayer
DON'T GET GOT 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before the cut	$4.99	56 reviews Mixed	Early AccessHorror
Sinister Night 2 2025	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $138k–$371k after Steam's cut $251k–$570k before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessMultiplayer
MACE: Mapinguari's Temple 2022	Est. copies ≈ 446–725 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $612–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$4.99	18 reviews Positive	Social DeductionMultiplayer
BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION 2025	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$137k before the cut	$2.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessPvP
DreadHaunt 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before the cut	$19.99	50 reviews Mixed	HorrorOnline Co-Op