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How many copies did Schism sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 4k–7k
$14k–$36k after Steam's cut $25k–$56k before the cut
from 166 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 Schism out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Schism's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–100k
best case 946k (20 Minutes Till Dawn)
Games like Schism

The middle of these games

≈ 17k–100k copies

≈ $32k–$767k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: 20 Minutes Till Dawn at ≈ 720k–1.2M copies, ≈ $989k–$2.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 170 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 36 to 21k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-lite (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $5.
The era
The games you compared span 2018 to 2024, and 3 of your 8 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 38 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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NIMRODS
2024
Est. copies
≈ 45k–74k
1.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$125k–$336k after Steam's cut $227k–$517k before the cut
$9.99
2k reviews
Very Positive
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Atomicrops
2020
Est. copies
≈ 157k–255k
5.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$646k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut
$14.99
6k reviews
Very Positive
ActionIndie
20 Minutes Till Dawn
2023
Est. copies
≈ 720k–1.2M
24x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$989k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before the cut
$4.99
29k reviews
Very Positive
Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Battle Grid
2023
Est. copies
≈ 6k–9k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before the cut
$5.99
230 reviews
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MOTHERGUNSHIP
2018
Est. copies
≈ 49k–80k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$339k–$912k after Steam's cut $616k–$1.4M before the cut
$24.99
2k reviews
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GUNFIELD
2024
Est. copies
≈ 7k–11k
SteamSpy under 20k
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$4.99
268 reviews
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Genome Guardian
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Est. copies
≈ 19k–32k
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Est. revenue
$64k–$172k after Steam's cut $116k–$265k before the cut
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2023
Est. copies
≈ 15k–24k
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Est. revenue
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$4.99
592 reviews
Very Positive
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