How much revenue did Malware make?

$25k–$66k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Malware sell?

Q: How many copies did Malware sell?

30k to 49k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 30k–49k; $25k–$66k after Steam's cut $45k–$102k before the cut; from 1k 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 Malware out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Malware's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 138k–479k

best case 6.7M (Papers, Please)

Games like Malware

The middle of these games

≈ 138k–479k copies

≈ $292k–$2.8M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Papers, Please at ≈ 5.1M–8.3M copies, ≈ $13.9M–$37.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 965 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 473 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Point & Click (8 of 8) and Simulation (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Political + Simulation, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Morphopolis 2014	Est. copies ≈ 271k–441k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $298k–$801k after Steam's cut $542k–$1.2M before the cut	$3.99	5k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleIndie
Pleasure Puzzle:Portrait 趣拼拼：肖像画 2018	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $16k–$42k after Steam's cut $28k–$65k before the cut	$0.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ColorfulTabletop
Papers, Please 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.9M–$37.5M after Steam's cut $25.4M–$57.7M before the cut	$9.99	80k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndiePolitical
That's not my Neighbor 2025	Est. copies ≈ 116k–189k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $96k–$257k after Steam's cut $174k–$396k before the cut	$2.99	5k reviews Very Positive	AdventureCasual
Duck Simulator 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationAdventure
Death and Taxes 2020	Est. copies ≈ 211k–343k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $755k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$12.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension 2020	Est. copies ≈ 644k–1.0M 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before the cut	$12.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieAdventure
SIMULACRA 2017	Est. copies ≈ 161k–261k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $221k–$593k after Steam's cut $401k–$913k before the cut	$4.99	5k reviews Very Positive	HorrorDetective