How much revenue did Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter make?

$5.0M–$13.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter sell?

Q: How many copies did Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter sell?

602k to 978k copies, based on its 14k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 602k–978k; $5.0M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before the cut; from 14k reviews (Mostly 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 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–2.8M

best case 2.8M (Persona 4 Golden)

Games like Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

The middle of these games

≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies

≈ $14.4M–$19.5M after Steam's cut

from ~38k 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: Persona 4 Golden at ≈ 2.2M–3.5M copies, ≈ $11.9M–$31.9M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (8 of 8) and Detective (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Story Rich, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry JRPG + RPG + Party-Based RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 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 79 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
Return of the Obra Dinn 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.7M after Steam's cut $10.6M–$24.2M before the cut	$19.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveMystery
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.1M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$30.9M before the cut	$19.99	33k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeDetective
Persona 4 Golden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$31.9M after Steam's cut $21.6M–$49.1M before the cut	$19.99	87k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPGGreat Soundtrack
The Wolf Among Us 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.1M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.2M before the cut	$14.99	40k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureDetective
Persona 3 Reload 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.5M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $25.6M–$68.8M after Steam's cut $46.5M–$105.9M before the cut	$59.99	63k reviews Very Positive	JRPGRPG
L.A. Noire 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.8M–$34.4M after Steam's cut $23.2M–$52.9M before the cut	$19.99	37k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveCrime
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.8M–$23.5M after Steam's cut $15.9M–$36.2M before the cut	$19.99	38k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeVisual Novel
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.7M–$28.6M after Steam's cut $19.4M–$44.1M before the cut	$29.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveVisual Novel