How much revenue did Afterslave make?

$14–$36 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Afterslave sell?

Q: How many copies did Afterslave sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before the cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Thin evidence: 2 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 562–10k

best case 133k (HENPRI)

Games like Afterslave

The middle of these games

≈ 562–10k copies

≈ $2k–$5k after Steam's cut

from ~38 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: HENPRI at ≈ 101k–165k copies, ≈ $696k–$1.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 1k reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Visual Novel (7 of 8) and Dystopian (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dark Humor + Visual Novel, priced around $25.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 61 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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HENPRI 2025	Est. copies ≈ 101k–165k 109x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $696k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut	$24.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Dark HumorVisual Novel
Major\Minor 2015	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	424 reviews Mostly Positive	Visual NovelCrime
Keylogger: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel 2023	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	9 reviews 9 user reviews	Early AccessCasual
Mysteries of Perception 2025	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$8.99	29 reviews Positive	DetectiveMystery
IZGUB 2001 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$3.99	117 reviews Very Positive	AdventureRPG
Dorasyeoda 2023	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before the cut	$9.99	20 reviews Mixed	Early AccessDystopian
The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux 2024	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $956–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$19.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	Visual NovelCrime
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