How much revenue did Pieces of me make?

$38k–$102k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pieces of me sell?

Q: How many copies did Pieces of me sell?

15k to 25k copies, based on its 620 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–25k; $38k–$102k after Steam's cut $69k–$157k before the cut; from 620 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 Pieces of me out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pieces of me's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 72k–214k

best case 533k (Detention)

Games like Pieces of me

The middle of these games

≈ 72k–214k copies

≈ $382k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Detention at ≈ 406k–660k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 617 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 290 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (5 of 8) and Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $12.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 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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Detention 2017	Est. copies ≈ 406k–660k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before the cut	$11.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorIndie
Adios 2021	Est. copies ≈ 34k–54k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $166k–$446k after Steam's cut $302k–$686k before the cut	$17.99	1k reviews Very Positive	MysteryThriller
NO STRANGERS 2024	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $44k–$118k after Steam's cut $80k–$182k before the cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	CasualPsychological
The Suicide of Rachel Foster 2020	Est. copies ≈ 171k–278k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $845k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$17.99	7k reviews Mixed	Walking SimulatorMystery
SIMULACRA 2017	Est. copies ≈ 161k–261k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $221k–$593k after Steam's cut $401k–$913k before the cut	$4.99	5k reviews Very Positive	HorrorDetective
GET EVEN 2017	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $513k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $933k–$2.1M before the cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionPsychological Horror
Martha Is Dead 2022	Est. copies ≈ 97k–158k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $800k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Psychological Horror Story Rich
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow 2022	Est. copies ≈ 81k–131k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $333k–$894k after Steam's cut $605k–$1.4M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickAdventure