How much revenue did Down is Relative make?

$68–$181 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Down is Relative sell?

Q: How many copies did Down is Relative sell?

248 to 403 copies, based on its 10 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 248–403; $68–$181 after Steam's cut $123–$279 before the cut; from 10 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 Down is Relative out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Down is Relative's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 378k–523k

best case 5.3M (Little Nightmares)

Games like Down is Relative

The middle of these games

≈ 378k–523k copies

≈ $1.1M–$3.4M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Little Nightmares at ≈ 4.0M–6.5M copies, ≈ $22.0M–$59.2M 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 6k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 911 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (7 of 8) and Horror (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Horror + Singleplayer + Dark; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2021, 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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Little Nightmares 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.0M–$59.2M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.1M before the cut	$19.99	117k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
Zup! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 371k–603k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $203k–$546k after Steam's cut $369k–$840k before the cut	$1.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
The Swapper 2013	Est. copies ≈ 479k–778k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before the cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleSci-fi
INMOST 2020	Est. copies ≈ 183k–297k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $753k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	IndiePixel Graphics
Little Nightmares II 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.4M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.4M before the cut	$29.99	58k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAdventure
Catherine Classic 2019	Est. copies ≈ 323k–525k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before the cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Sexual ContentAnime
Superliminal 2020	Est. copies ≈ 843k–1.4M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.4M–$19.2M before the cut	$19.99	34k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleFirst-Person
Firework 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.5M before the cut	$9.99	44k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorIndie