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How many copies did Murdered: Soul Suspect sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 973k–1.6M
$5.4M–$14.4M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.1M before the cut
from 17k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Murdered: Soul Suspect out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Murdered: Soul Suspect's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–2.8M
best case 2.8M (Persona 4 Golden)
Games like Murdered: Soul Suspect

The middle of these games

≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies

≈ $14.4M–$19.5M after Steam's cut

from ~38k 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: Persona 4 Golden at ≈ 2.2M–3.5M copies, ≈ $11.9M–$31.9M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Story Rich (8 of 8) and Detective (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with JRPG + Anime, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry JRPG + RPG + Party-Based RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 1 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 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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Est. copies
≈ 1.6M–2.5M
1.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
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$59.99
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Persona 4 Golden
2020
Est. copies
≈ 2.2M–3.5M
2.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$11.9M–$31.9M after Steam's cut $21.6M–$49.1M before the cut
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Est. copies
≈ 1.4M–2.2M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
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$19.99
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Est. copies
≈ 2.3M–3.8M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
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$12.8M–$34.4M after Steam's cut $23.2M–$52.9M before the cut
$19.99
37k reviews
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
2016
Est. copies
≈ 1.6M–2.6M
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$8.8M–$23.5M after Steam's cut $15.9M–$36.2M before the cut
$19.99
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≈ 2.5M–4.1M
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$14.99
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≈ 1.1M–1.7M
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$19.99
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2019
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≈ 1.3M–2.1M
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$29.99
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