How much revenue did Anomalum make?

$774–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Anomalum sell?

Q: How many copies did Anomalum sell?

942 to 2k copies, based on its 38 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 942–2k; $774–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut; from 38 reviews (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 Anomalum out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Anomalum's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–112k

best case 486k (Cube Escape: Paradox)

Games like Anomalum

The middle of these games

≈ 24k–112k copies

≈ $65k–$272k after Steam's cut

from ~874 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cube Escape: Paradox at ≈ 370k–602k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 302 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 120 to 772.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (6 of 8) and Horror (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Psychological Horror.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2025, and 3 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 38 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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Cube Escape Collection 2020	Est. copies ≈ 197k–320k 9.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $270k–$726k after Steam's cut $491k–$1.1M before the cut	$4.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePoint & Click
Cube Escape: Paradox 2018	Est. copies ≈ 370k–602k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleFree to Play
Dreamcore 2025	Est. copies ≈ 49k–79k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $240k–$645k after Steam's cut $436k–$993k before the cut	$17.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationWalking Simulator
Liminalcore 2024	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41k–$110k after Steam's cut $74k–$169k before the cut	$7.99	748 reviews Very Positive	Walking Simulator Psychological Horror
CAPTURED 2024	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before the cut	$6.45	675 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Horror
Anglerfish 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before the cut	$9.99	290 reviews Very Positive	HorrorAction-Adventure
Discolored 2019	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $44k–$119k after Steam's cut $81k–$183k before the cut	$7.99	701 reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleExploration
Escape: Malice 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $54k–$147k after Steam's cut $99k–$225k before the cut	$7.99	1k reviews Mostly Negative	Escape RoomOnline Co-Op