How much revenue did Subside make?

$89k–$240k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Subside sell?

Q: How many copies did Subside sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 523 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $89k–$240k after Steam's cut $162k–$369k before the cut; from 523 reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Subside out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Subside's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–63k

best case 708k (WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship)

Games like Subside

The middle of these games

≈ 17k–63k copies

≈ $93k–$297k after Steam's cut

from ~768 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship at ≈ 539k–876k copies, ≈ $3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (6 of 8) and VR (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Racing + Automobile Sim + Offroad; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2022, and none of them 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 70 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
WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship 2017	Est. copies ≈ 539k–876k 20x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.3M before the cut	$19.99	16k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
The Falconeer: Revolution Remaster 2020	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $85k–$230k after Steam's cut $155k–$354k before the cut	$19.99	627 reviews Mostly Positive	CombatOpen World
IronWolf VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 29k–48k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $161k–$433k after Steam's cut $293k–$666k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Co-opSubmarine
FREEDIVER: Triton Down 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$100k before the cut	$8.99	340 reviews Very Positive	VRAdventure
Titanic VR 2018	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $50k–$136k after Steam's cut $92k–$209k before the cut	$19.99	302 reviews Very Positive	SimulationAction
theBlu 2016	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	VRSimulation
World of Diving 2014	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	768 reviews Mixed	SimulationAdventure
Wolfpack 2019	Est. copies ≈ 60k–98k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $579k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before the cut	$34.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationNaval Combat