How much revenue did The Stanley Parable make?

An estimated 9.8M to 26.3M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Stanley Parable sell?

Q: How many copies did The Stanley Parable sell?

An estimated 2.4M to 3.9M copies, based on its 46k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.4M–3.9M; $9.8M–$26.3M net $17.8M–$40.5M gross; from 46k 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 The Stanley Parable out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Stanley Parable's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 332k–572k

best case 5.0M (BattleBlock Theater®)

The Adventure lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 392k copies, with a few that break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 392k copies

≈ $1.8M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

Best case

≈ 5.0M copies

BattleBlock Theater® · ≈ $28.8M after Steam's cut

from 73k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

6 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 2 are breakout hits far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Funny + Comedy, priced around $14.
The breakout hits carry Funny + Comedy + Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2012 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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