How much revenue did 49 Keys make?

$8k–$20k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 49 Keys sell?

Q: How many copies did 49 Keys sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 111 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before the cut; from 111 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 49 Keys out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 49 Keys's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–27k

best case 278k (Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth)

Games like 49 Keys

The middle of these games

≈ 10k–27k copies

≈ $44k–$134k after Steam's cut

from ~496 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth at ≈ 212k–345k copies, ≈ $291k–$783k after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 127 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 73 to 409.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Lovecraftian (7 of 8) and Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Lovecraftian + Horror, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry First-Person + Survival Horror + FPS; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2025, and 3 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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Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth 2009	Est. copies ≈ 212k–345k 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $291k–$783k after Steam's cut $529k–$1.2M before the cut	$4.99	3k reviews Mixed	LovecraftianHorror
Omen Exitio: Plague 2018	Est. copies ≈ 19k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $53k–$143k after Steam's cut $97k–$220k before the cut	$9.99	638 reviews Very Positive	LovecraftianIndie
Saint Kotar 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $39k–$106k after Steam's cut $72k–$163k before the cut	$19.99	289 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureChoices Matter
Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $61k–$164k after Steam's cut $111k–$253k before the cut	$9.99	535 reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeAction
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Necrophosis 2025	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $95k–$256k after Steam's cut $173k–$394k before the cut	$15.99	874 reviews Very Positive	LovecraftianSurreal
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