How much revenue did Thirty Flights of Loving make?

$165k–$444k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Thirty Flights of Loving sell?

Q: How many copies did Thirty Flights of Loving sell?

120k to 195k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 120k–195k; $165k–$444k after Steam's cut $300k–$683k before the cut; from 2k 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 Thirty Flights of Loving out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Thirty Flights of Loving's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 132k–429k

best case 1.5M (The Beginner's Guide)

Games like Thirty Flights of Loving

The middle of these games

≈ 132k–429k copies

≈ $387k–$4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: The Beginner's Guide at ≈ 1.1M–1.9M copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 136 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (6 of 8) and Walking Simulator (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Walking Simulator, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2025, and 1 of your 7 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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The Beginner's Guide 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.9M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.0M before the cut	$9.99	23k reviews Very Positive	Story Rich Walking Simulator
Proteus 2013	Est. copies ≈ 177k–287k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $486k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $884k–$2.0M before the cut	$9.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationWalking Simulator
Dear Esther unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 152k–247k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mostly Positive	Walking SimulatorIndie
Paratopic 2018	Est. copies ≈ 66k–107k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $100k–$268k after Steam's cut $181k–$413k before the cut	$5.49	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieHorror
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist 2015	Est. copies ≈ 497k–807k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayComedy
KARMA: The Dark World 2025	Est. copies ≈ 112k–182k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $771k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Walking Simulator Psychological Horror
Visage 2020	Est. copies ≈ 271k–440k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.8M before the cut	$34.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut 2020	Est. copies ≈ 61k–99k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $118k–$316k after Steam's cut $214k–$486k before the cut	$6.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndieHorror