How much revenue did I WANT TO DIE make?

I WANT TO DIE is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did I WANT TO DIE sell?

Q: How many copies did I WANT TO DIE sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 49 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; from 49 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 I WANT TO DIE out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including I WANT TO DIE's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–21k

best case 205k (Scanner Sombre)

Games like I WANT TO DIE

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–21k copies

≈ $8k–$42k after Steam's cut

from ~144 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Scanner Sombre at ≈ 156k–254k copies, ≈ $301k–$809k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 42 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 213.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (7 of 8) and Walking Simulator (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Exploration + Horror, priced around $7.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 52 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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