How much revenue did PHOTOBIA: Tales from the Dark make?

$204–$550 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PHOTOBIA: Tales from the Dark sell?

Q: How many copies did PHOTOBIA: Tales from the Dark sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $204–$550 after Steam's cut $370–$846 before the cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Thin evidence: 3 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 PHOTOBIA: Tales from the Dark out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PHOTOBIA: Tales from the Dark's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 336k–565k

best case 565k (Touhou Luna Nights)

Games like PHOTOBIA: Tales from the Dark

The middle of these games

≈ 336k–565k copies

≈ $2.5M–$3.2M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Touhou Luna Nights at ≈ 430k–699k copies, ≈ $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 21 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 10 to 2k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Side Scroller (8 of 8) and Exploration (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Side Scroller, priced around $18.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 2024	Est. copies ≈ 175k–284k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before the cut	$29.99	7k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
The Silent Age 2015	Est. copies ≈ 351k–570k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $964k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickSide Scroller
Afterimage 2023	Est. copies ≈ 256k–415k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before the cut	$24.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaFemale Protagonist
Touhou Luna Nights 2019	Est. copies ≈ 430k–699k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before the cut	$17.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MetroidvaniaDifficult
Miss Peach 2023	Est. copies ≈ 794–1k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $653–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$2.99	32 reviews Positive	PuzzleDetective
A Day - to bring them happiness 2021	Est. copies ≈ 620–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $169–$454 after Steam's cut $307–$699 before the cut	$0.99	25 reviews Positive	Time ManipulationPuzzle-Platformer
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 495k–805k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before the cut	$9.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Metroidvania2D Platformer
Robobo TM 2021	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $136–$365 after Steam's cut $247–$561 before the cut	$1.99	10 reviews Positive	RobotsBullet Hell