How much revenue did FLATHEAD make?

$6k–$15k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FLATHEAD sell?

Q: How many copies did FLATHEAD sell?

10k to 17k copies, based on its 412 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–17k; $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before the cut; from 412 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 FLATHEAD out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FLATHEAD's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 614k–2.5M

best case 3.4M (SOMA)

Games like FLATHEAD

The middle of these games

≈ 614k–2.5M copies

≈ $2.0M–$13.1M after Steam's cut

from ~27k 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.

Best case: SOMA at ≈ 2.6M–4.2M copies, ≈ $21.1M–$56.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (6 of 8) and Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 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 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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SOMA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.1M–$56.7M after Steam's cut $38.4M–$87.3M before the cut	$29.99	52k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.4M–$33.3M after Steam's cut $22.5M–$51.2M before the cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	HorrorGore
Scorn 2022	Est. copies ≈ 487k–792k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.4M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.2M before the cut	$39.99	20k reviews Mostly Positive	GoreHorror
The Room Three 2018	Est. copies ≈ 407k–662k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $671k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before the cut	$5.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
The Room Two 2016	Est. copies ≈ 905k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.1M before the cut	$4.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
The Room 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before the cut	$4.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
SIGNALIS 2022	Est. copies ≈ 847k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.3M before the cut	$19.99	34k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Survival Horror Psychological Horror
Rusty Lake: Roots 2016	Est. copies ≈ 379k–615k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $416k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $756k–$1.7M before the cut	$3.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePoint & Click