How much revenue did Terminal 81 make?

$10k–$26k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Terminal 81 sell?

Q: How many copies did Terminal 81 sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 287 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$40k before the cut; from 287 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 Terminal 81 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Terminal 81's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–3.4M

best case 27.3M (Phasmophobia)

Games like Terminal 81

The middle of these games

≈ 2.0M–3.4M copies

≈ $18.6M–$37.6M after Steam's cut

from ~55k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.8M–33.8M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$307.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 7k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 8 to 40k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (5 of 8) and Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 61 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
Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.8M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$307.1M after Steam's cut $207.7M–$472.5M before the cut	$19.99	838k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Firework 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.5M before the cut	$9.99	44k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorIndie
DREDGE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $18.9M–$43.0M before the cut	$26.99	56k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationFishing
Outer Wilds 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $18.2M–$48.9M after Steam's cut $33.1M–$75.3M before the cut	$24.99	107k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationSpace
SOMA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.1M–$56.7M after Steam's cut $38.4M–$87.3M before the cut	$29.99	52k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
What Remains of Edith Finch 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $10.0M–$26.8M after Steam's cut $18.1M–$41.2M before the cut	$19.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichAtmospheric
Cursed Baby 2024	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $272–$732 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before the cut	$3.99	10 reviews Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Tostchu 2024	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34k–$91k after Steam's cut $61k–$140k before the cut	$7.99	620 reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorLore-Rich