How much revenue did Incantation make?

$138k–$370k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Incantation sell?

Q: How many copies did Incantation sell?

29k to 48k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 29k–48k; $138k–$370k after Steam's cut $250k–$569k before the cut; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Incantation out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Incantation's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9.5M–15.5M

best case 27.2M (The Forest)

Games like Incantation

The middle of these games

≈ 9.5M–15.5M copies

≈ $61.3M–$167.7M after Steam's cut

from ~379k 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 Forest at ≈ 20.7M–33.6M copies, ≈ $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 61k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 35k to 178k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (7 of 8) and Co-op (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2025, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Lethal Company 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12.7M–20.6M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.8M–$93.5M after Steam's cut $63.2M–$143.9M before the cut	$9.99	511k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Online Co-OpHorror
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.5M–18.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.0M–$255.4M after Steam's cut $172.7M–$393.0M before the cut	$29.99	379k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $89.6M–$240.8M after Steam's cut $162.8M–$370.5M before the cut	$59.99	219k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldCo-op
Deep Rock Galactic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $77.6M–$208.6M after Steam's cut $141.1M–$321.0M before the cut	$29.99	379k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DwarfCo-op
R.E.P.O. 2025	Est. copies ≈ 10.4M–17.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $28.7M–$77.0M after Steam's cut $52.1M–$118.5M before the cut	$9.99	421k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Sons Of The Forest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.8M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $65.0M–$174.9M after Steam's cut $118.2M–$269.0M before the cut	$29.99	318k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Content Warning 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $8.9M–$23.8M after Steam's cut $16.1M–$36.7M before the cut	$7.99	163k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpHorror