How much revenue did Plaything make?

$939–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Plaything sell?

Q: How many copies did Plaything sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $939–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut; from 23 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 Plaything out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Plaything's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–24k

best case 368k (SKYHILL)

Games like Plaything

The middle of these games

≈ 3k–24k copies

≈ $8k–$92k after Steam's cut

from ~188 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SKYHILL at ≈ 280k–456k copies, ≈ $770k–$2.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 81 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 11 to 572.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (5 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Action Roguelike, priced around $10.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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
SKYHILL 2015	Est. copies ≈ 280k–456k 31x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $770k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$9.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAction Roguelike
FALL 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$4.99	159 reviews Very Positive	ZombiesPost-apocalyptic
Stranded Nightmare 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	56 reviews Very Positive	HorrorAction
ORDER 13 2025	Est. copies ≈ 37k–61k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $92k–$249k after Steam's cut $168k–$382k before the cut	$8.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Survival Horror Immersive Sim
Hollow's Land 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before the cut	$4.99	216 reviews Mixed	3DFirst-Person
Meet Your Oshi 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut	$3.99	110 reviews Very Positive	HorrorRobots
Deep Dark Dungeon of Anglaus 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $733–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$1.99	54 reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
SAHUR: Escape Together 2025	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$26k before the cut	$1.99	469 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionHorror