How much revenue did Dance Eden make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dance Eden sell?

Q: How many copies did Dance Eden sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 51 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before the cut; from 51 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 Dance Eden out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dance Eden's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.0M–18.1M

best case 27.3M (Phasmophobia)

Games like Dance Eden

The middle of these games

≈ 5.0M–18.1M copies

≈ $24.4M–$192.5M after Steam's cut

from ~221k 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.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is First-Person (4 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.8M–33.8M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$307.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (4 of 8) and Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, 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 70 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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Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.5M–18.7M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.0M–$255.4M after Steam's cut $172.7M–$393.0M before the cut	$29.99	379k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
VRChat 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	268k reviews Mostly Positive	VRFree to Play
CarX Drift Racing Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.3M–$38.5M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.3M before the cut	$16.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingPhysics
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.7M–15.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.4M–$143.6M after Steam's cut $97.1M–$220.9M before the cut	$19.99	173k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.8M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$307.1M after Steam's cut $207.7M–$472.5M before the cut	$19.99	838k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Escape the Backrooms 2025	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.1M–$29.8M after Steam's cut $20.1M–$45.8M before the cut	$9.99	163k reviews Very Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Beat Saber 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before the cut	$19.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRRhythm