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How many copies did Depth sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 1.8M–3.0M
$10.1M–$27.3M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$42.0M before the cut
from 33k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Depth out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Depth's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 56k–891k
best case 1.6M (BioShock™ 2 Remastered)
Games like Depth

The middle of these games

≈ 56k–891k copies

≈ $305k–$7.8M 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.

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: BioShock™ 2 Remastered at ≈ 1.3M–2.0M copies, ≈ $6.9M–$18.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 527 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 399 to 7k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on FPS (5 of 8) and Horror (3 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with FPS + Story Rich, priced around $20.
The era
The games you compared span 2008 to 2023, 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 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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2016
Est. copies
≈ 1.3M–2.0M
6.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
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$6.9M–$18.5M after Steam's cut $12.5M–$28.5M before the cut
$19.99
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2010
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≈ 946k–1.5M
3.4x vs typical
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$5.2M–$14.0M after Steam's cut $9.5M–$21.5M before the cut
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$19.99
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